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- From: dmccart@gomez.intel.com (D. J. McCarthy)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.intel
- Subject: Plural of Pentium (was Re: Why not INTEL586?)
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- Date: 7 Nov 92 01:22:45 GMT
- References: <1992Nov2.155632.28732@microware.com>
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- I'm not speaking for Intel in any official manner whatsoever.
-
- James Jones (jejones@microware.com) wrote:
- > steibel@venus.cs.umbc.edu (David M. Steibel) writes:
- >> Therefore, with the Pentium increasing performance through the roof,
- >> people will be buying an awful lot of Pentiums.
-
- > Or is that Pentia? Pentiae? Assistance from people who took some Latin
- > would be much appreciated. :-)
-
-
- I just came across this pluralized-Pentium(tm) question earlier
- today. Basically I think it boils down to this: Pentium is not a
- Latin word. If anything, it's an English word. It should therefore
- follow standard English pluralization rules.
-
- One Pentium. Two Pentiums.
-
-
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- | D. J. McCarthy The moving walkway is now ending;
- | dmccart@gomez.intel.com please look down.
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