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starseeker
11-15-2006, 06:51 PM
Which do you think is the plural for forum? With an 's' like most english words are, or the latin plural 'a'.

Polaris
11-15-2006, 06:52 PM
forums

Yamaneko
11-15-2006, 06:52 PM
It's forums. Fora is pretentious and utterly useless.

Reles
11-15-2006, 06:53 PM
Forums, since sometimes I call the EoFF forum 'fora' as a nickname.

Jowy
11-15-2006, 06:53 PM
Who calls it the "fora" anyway? o_o

starseeker
11-15-2006, 06:53 PM
Who calls it the "fora" anyway? o_o

Kishi the pedant does.

Timerk
11-15-2006, 06:56 PM
It's forums. Fora is pretentious and utterly useless.

Fora it is.

Breine
11-15-2006, 07:03 PM
I've always used the word "forums" as a plural for "forum". I could be wrong, though... English is only my second language.

Quindiana Jones
11-15-2006, 07:25 PM
I guess it should be fora. But I speak English, so it's forums.

Zidane Ultimate
11-15-2006, 07:28 PM
Fora is more correct I think :s

But I say forums :D and so does EoFF!

The Devil Man
11-15-2006, 07:30 PM
The correct plural is 'Hell'

...

It's true! This place IS Hell :sad:

...

Aye. 'tis true indeed lass :holmes:

Martyr
11-15-2006, 07:36 PM
Seeing as nobody has yet chosen fora on the poll, I gave it a boost.

Otherwise, you know, the question might be resolved, which can never happen among good fora.

Zeromus_X
11-15-2006, 07:46 PM
Forums. :)

Where did Fora come from? :confused: :cat:

Madonna
11-15-2006, 07:51 PM
"Forums" is the derivative of "fora" for those stupid people in the room who cannot pluralize "forum" properly.

Rye
11-15-2006, 07:59 PM
I like fora, because the word reminds me of flower, and it makes me feel like I'm sniffing a beautiful lilly when I participate in EoFF.

Vikeve
11-15-2006, 08:15 PM
It is clearly Fori like cacti I don't know what you people are talking about.:)

BarelySeeAtAll
11-15-2006, 08:16 PM
it sounds stupid to say fora, it sounds like flora, and thats butter, i think, oh dear me

Vermachtnis
11-15-2006, 08:19 PM
I say forums, but then again I constantly mispell forums as forams so there you go.

Martyr
11-15-2006, 08:20 PM
Flora is not Butter.

BarelySeeAtAll
11-15-2006, 08:21 PM
Flora is not Butter.

what is it then?oh, another question
forums kind of doesnt sound right now though, and thats annoying me..

NorthernChaosGod
11-15-2006, 08:58 PM
It's forums. Fora is pretentious and utterly useless.

rubah
11-15-2006, 10:02 PM
I prefer using Fora, I just usually forget about it, or am ridiculed and stop because I cannot bear it any longer ;.;

Faris
11-15-2006, 10:11 PM
Forums, or "that internet place where people post stuff."

Psychotic
11-15-2006, 10:12 PM
I call them forums, mainly because I hate Genius Lynx for sleeping with my sister.

Luara
11-15-2006, 10:23 PM
forums

oddler
11-15-2006, 10:28 PM
Both are correct. There's more than one way to eat a Reese's. :)

Decessus
11-15-2006, 10:31 PM
No.

oddler
11-15-2006, 10:33 PM
No.

Liar. Are so.

Decessus
11-15-2006, 10:35 PM
No.

Gullick
11-15-2006, 10:48 PM
Fora is probably the right one, but hey, aslong as the person your talkin to understands what you mean, it dun really matter i reckon

-Gull-

The Summoner of Leviathan
11-15-2006, 10:52 PM
Where did Fora come from? :confused: :cat:

I believe it comes from the Latin. Since as far as my memory serves me forum is a Latin word.

Anyways, both are correct and accepted spellings. I alternate between both of them.

EDIT: It is like the singular for data is datum.

Old Manus
11-15-2006, 10:54 PM
Eyes on Final Fantasy Forums
forums.eyesonff.com

If it's good enough for Cid, it should be good enough for you too.

Rantz
11-15-2006, 11:35 PM
fo‧rum  /ˈfɔrəm, ˈfoʊrəm/
–noun, plural fo‧rums, fo‧ra /ˈfɔrə, ˈfoʊrə/

BardTard
11-15-2006, 11:47 PM
I haven't even thought about it until just this minute. Forums? Why would it be fora?

Yuffie514
11-16-2006, 12:50 AM
it has always been forums for me...

Meat Puppet
11-16-2006, 01:19 AM
I use “fora” as a plural to forum when referring to the archaic, Latin meaning of the word.
I use “forums” as a plural to forum when referring to the electronic meaning of the word, which is the forum we are on now.
I use “forums” as a plural for all other meanings of the word that are not mentioned above.

Kawaii Ryűkishi
11-16-2006, 01:22 AM
"Forums" is the derivative of "fora" for those stupid people in the room who cannot pluralize "forum" properly.Genius knows the score.

Madame Adequate
11-16-2006, 01:26 AM
Forii.

Roto13
11-16-2006, 01:28 AM
"Forums" is the derivative of "fora" for those stupid people in the room who cannot pluralize "forum" properly.Genius knows the score.
Genius has fallen for his own myth. Both are correct. (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/forums)

Kawaii Ryűkishi
11-16-2006, 01:31 AM
Enjoy your datums, heathen.

Roto13
11-16-2006, 01:38 AM
Enjoy your datums, heathen.

Hush. :P

Christmas
11-16-2006, 01:39 AM
Don't know / care :bigsmile:

Yamaneko
11-16-2006, 01:58 AM
Enjoy your datums, heathen.
'sup Kishi? :cool:

kikimm
11-16-2006, 03:04 AM
Every time I heat "fora" I cringe. It's like hearing that other word that I am not going to bring up in this thread because it is a bad idea.

but yeah I agree with yams. Yammy wams.

Moon Rabbits
11-16-2006, 03:25 AM
It's forums. Fora is pretentious and utterly useless.

Fora it is.

Mittopotahis
11-16-2006, 03:28 AM
Forums, it just makes more sense.

Look, spell-check doesn't even recognise fora! Therefore, it is forums.

Chemical
11-16-2006, 04:28 AM
It's forums. Fora is pretentious and utterly useless.

Oh wise one,
Oh guru,
Oh teacher,
Oh mentor,

Enlighten me like I've never been enlightened before!
Praytell what is the mighty use of the word "forums?"

Vincent, Thunder God
11-16-2006, 04:30 AM
I usually say forums. But fora sounds cooler, I must admit.

Rantz
11-16-2006, 11:18 AM
Did anyone read my post above (http://forums.eyesonff.com/showpost.php?p=1983536&postcount=33)? :p

Giga Guess
11-16-2006, 01:19 PM
Forums. I don't think I've ever heard someone refer to it as Fora.

Resha
11-16-2006, 02:04 PM
Forums, but it just occurred to me as I was gazing at the title on my web browser window -- It's Eyes on Final Fantasy Forums, so it should be EoFFF. As opposed to the commonly used EoFF.

We have been living a lie. All these years. EoFFF. The extra F...the forgotten child.

Shaun
11-16-2006, 02:24 PM
I didn't actually know that. Gee, I'm illiterate now. :( Still, since nobody uses 'fora' I don't want to sound like a goon. How could you use that word in conversation?

"Which fora are you registered on?"

"Wha' wha'!?"

Fatal Impurity
11-16-2006, 02:39 PM
Fora sounds nicer but in terms of correctness i will have to go with forums....

Quindiana Jones
11-16-2006, 07:28 PM
Forums, but it just occurred to me as I was gazing at the title on my web browser window -- It's Eyes on Final Fantasy Forums, so it should be EoFFF. As opposed to the commonly used EoFF.

We have been living a lie. All these years. EoFFF. The extra F...the forgotten child.

The forgotten child is always the middle child, so we all must be browsing the Eyes on Final Forums.