3 ms·
> visum Is this supposed to be some kind of faux-Latin plural? I defy you to find an English dictionary that contains this word.
by zeroer 10y ago
> visum
Is this supposed to be some kind of faux-Latin plural? I defy you to find an English dictionary that contains this word.
- jules 10y agoIt's what we call it in Dutch. Singular: visum, plural: visa. It does indeed come from Latin. I didn't know that it is different in English.
- blowski 10y agoApparently, it is the singular of visa in German.
- kaeluka 10y agoGerman, singular: visum or visa, both work. Plural: visa or visas.
- lotsofcows 10y agoIt's a pretentious but arguably valid Latin singular. "Arguably" because the word comes to English from French not straight from the Latin.
- eric_h 10y agoIt's only pretentious if you're a native English speaker. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12142643 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12142643 "I didn't know it was different in english"