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Latest post Fri, Oct 10 2008 2:06 PM by Clive. 27 replies.
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niallj
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Sun, 12 Jun 05 03:02 PM
Plural of genius
Yesterday's Staurday Telegraph caused me to question my current belief, that it is in fact genii, not geniuses. Could anyone give me any guidance on this matter?
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julielai
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Sun, 12 Jun 05 04:09 PM
Plural of genius is geniuses.
Genii: pl. Roman Mythology. A tutelary deity or guardian spirit of a person or place. (Source: dictionary.com)
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ranchhand
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Sun, 12 Jun 05 04:10 PM
Googled www:
1,090,000 English pages for "geniuses".
126,000 English pages for "genii".
Googled UK pages only:
65,400 for "geniuses".
14,300 for "genii".
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MrPedantic
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Sun, 12 Jun 05 04:54 PM
To judge by the first few pages on Google, most of the hits for 'genii' don't relate to 'the plural of genius'.
As Julielai says, 'geniuses' is the usual plural.
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pieanne
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Sun, 12 Jun 05 05:09 PM
I thought the plural of "genius" was "mods mods mods mods"?
(Sorry, sorry, couldn't help it)
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julielai
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Sun, 12 Jun 05 05:17 PM
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pieanne
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Sun, 12 Jun 05 06:11 PM
[bow]
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Anonymous,
4 yr 68 days ago
Found this page by researching the same question, then researched a little more.
Currently, popularly, no, but originally, maybe, yeah.
http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=genius
Maybe it would be better to say that genius is the singular of both
geniuses and genii. I've always thought the genii of legend were
probably related to a genius loci.
Anonymous,
3 yr 102 days ago
was just wondering myself
perhaps no one was never meant to know.
perhaps there's only supposed 2b one
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