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    Which do you think is the plural for forum? With an 's' like most english words are, or the latin plural 'a'.
    "Reality is that which,
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    It's forums. Fora is pretentious and utterly useless.

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    Forums, since sometimes I call the EoFF forum 'fora' as a nickname.

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    Who calls it the "fora" anyway? o_o

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jowy View Post
    Who calls it the "fora" anyway? o_o
    Kishi the pedant does.
    "Reality is that which,
    when you stop believing in it,
    doesn't go away".
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    Quote Originally Posted by Yamaneko View Post
    It's forums. Fora is pretentious and utterly useless.
    Fora it is.

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    I've always used the word "forums" as a plural for "forum". I could be wrong, though... English is only my second language.

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    I guess it should be fora. But I speak English, so it's forums.

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    Fora is more correct I think :s

    But I say forums and so does EoFF!

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    The correct plural is 'Hell'

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

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    Aye. 'tis true indeed lass

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    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.

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    Forums.

    Where did Fora come from?

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    "Forums" is the derivative of "fora" for those stupid people in the room who cannot pluralize "forum" properly.

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    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.


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