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Sorry for the aside and the patronizing tone, but it's actually ignoramuses and not ignorami, as the word comes from the Latin verb meaning "we are ignorant", s
by swift532 7y ago
Sorry for the aside and the patronizing tone, but it's actually ignoramuses and not ignorami, as the word comes from the Latin verb meaning "we are ignorant", so it has no plural form.
- wutbrodo 7y agoAppreciate the correction. I think this is one of those things that I've heard multiple times and for some reason failed to retain; its worth noting that many dictionaries[1] recognize ignorami as a plural form, independent of the original Latin grammar. I'm usually a bit more of a prescriptivist than is probably rational, but I don't find myself too worked up about this error since the normalization of the error causes no loss of descriptive power (unlike, say, the transition from literally to figuratively). Anyway, thanks again! [1] eg Webster: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ignoramus https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ignoramus
- swift532 7y agoNo reason to feel bad about it anyways, funnily enough the only reason why I know this is the folllowing sketch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jo8FR8GGoJ0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jo8FR8GGoJ0