Get rid of byte? [OT] alii

[Georg Wrede]

James Dunne wrote:
> John C wrote:
> 
>> "James Dunne" <james.jdunne at gmail.com> wrote in message 
>> news:dtdehf$2pu7$1 at digitaldaemon.com...
>>
>>> Jarrett Billingsley wrote:
>>>
>>>> "Walter Bright" <newshound at digitalmars.com> wrote in message 
>>>> news:dt7mur$2hvs$2 at digitaldaemon.com...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> "Bruno Medeiros" <daiphoenixNO at SPAMlycos.com> wrote in message 
>>>>> news:dt705s$1vkh$1 at digitaldaemon.com...
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> 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;
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 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.
>>>
>>>
>>> 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!"
>>
>>
>>
>> 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.
>>
>>
>>> An interesting read: 
>>> http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~damian/papers/extabs/Plurals.html
>>>
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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.

So be it. Then you probably know the pluralis of 'sauna'.