Get rid of byte? [OT] alii

[James Dunne]

John C wrote:
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>>Jarrett Billingsley wrote:
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>>>>>Still, it might be nice to have those types in the language, as aliases. 
>>>>>It could be a good name alternative, in some situations, to using the 
>>>>>new names(like real or cent) for every new size that has come up.
>>>>
>>>>import std.stdint;
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>>>
>>>Could the _t suffix at least be taken off those aliases (alii?) ?  int8_t 
>>>has got to be one of the ugliest things I've seen since CLK_TCK.
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>>FYI, the -i plural suffix only applies to words that end in 'us', not 'as' 
>>or other variants.
>>
>>cactus       -> cacti
>>genius       -> genii
>>hippopotamus -> hippopotami
>>
>>Apparently, 'bus' is the exception to the rule.  "Hey look at all those 
>>bi!"
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> Call me a pedant (it wouldn't be the first time), but 'bus' is just one of 
> many exceptions.
> 
> corpus        corpora
> viscus         viscera
> platypus      platypuses
> opus           opera
> virus           viruses (although see "Use of the virii form" at 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viruses)
> 
> Bus, of course, is short for omnibus, which in Latin was a plural anyway.
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>>An interesting read: 
>>http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~damian/papers/extabs/Plurals.html
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>>James Dunne 
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Learn something new everyday.  I did know 'bus' was short for something, 
but I didn't know that.

I'm not a fan of the -uses plural suffix.  I prefer the -i plural. 
Platypus = platypi.  It just sounds more natural to me.

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James Dunne