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From: Mike Foster <>
Subject: Census plural
Date: Wed, 06 Jan 1999 20:08:08 +1300


Hello Cheryl

With great aplomb you wrote ....

CS>No worries, Mike. (g) FWIW, back three or four years ago over on
CS>Fidonet, we reached agreement that we would use censii -- because
CS>everyone could agree that version was WRONG, while we couldn't agree on
CS>which was correct otherwise. (g) That way, we didn't have to chose
CS>which side to annoy, but annoyed them both equally.

Must admit that there's a certain logic in that. But censii - that
makes my ears rattle :-) I took a copy of the New Zealand Style Guide
off the library shelf in a spare moment this afternoon and happened to
notice that the recommendation is censuses. I'd be happy with that !

Have a great 1999.
Regards
Mike

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