formulae vs. formula??

[tails]

Yeah well make up one topic and its just like chinese whispers. It will go around the circle and more than likely by the end it has been changed slightly or may even be changed completely. Now just by me saying this people will probably start talking about chinese whispers :wink:

 

[P Sitaram]

Formulae eggs, while Formulas are for the lawyers!

 

[scrupul0us]

Well I think we can all agree,
that no matter how you FORM your computation,
as long as it FORMULATES the correct answer,
we're all happy

 

[tails]

well we can kinda agree on that. but still i think it should be formula. It just sounds better and is used everywhere. i have never actually seen the word formulae until i joined on this board so this is how i'm going to put it. i will stick with what i know and what i feel comfortable using. Everyone else should do the same...

 

[Fergus]

i have never actually seen the word formulae until i joined on this board

Try the Oxford English Dictionary

 

[tails]

i dont sit down and read the dictionary for hours on end i find it a waste of time and a waste of my life. why would i read a dictionary when i can go to pubs, nightclubs, go catch up with friends, work and whatever else i decide to do with my spare time. there is no point, plus i dont have a dictionary.

 

[Fergus]

Case rests.

 

[tails]

what are you on about??? just because i dont read the dictionary means nothing...

 

[scrupul0us]

Try the Oxford English Dictionary

I quite agree with tails... Who cares if its there and he didn't know about it... Don't be so critical of other peoples vernacular...

Besides... all you really need is a Scrabble dictionary to get by

**** yuppie oxfordians, making up wordy words

 

[Andrew Fergus]

Why use big words when a diminutive word will suffice?