forums ???

[BigBlueHen53]

I will now go and stand in the Corner of Shame.

 

[casportpony]

Oops, you're right! Thanks for catching that!

I will now go and stand in the Corner of Shame.

No, that's not what I meant! I didn't even see the typo until after I posted. I was saying that I prefer the Latin version.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

No, that's not what I meant! I didn't even see the typo until after I posted. I was saying that I prefer the Latin version.

Oh. Cool. Well I do too.
Sigh. It's a blessing and a curse.

 

[Evadig]

Um ok.

I doubt that will change how people are speaking these days.

Take plead....yeah they say pleaded all the dang time now. It doesn't make it bug me less lol. It won't be changed back just because it isn't proper.

What did they use to say?

 

[BigBlueHen53]

What did they use to say?

Pled. Like, bleed, bled. Nobody says, I cut myself and bleeded all over the place.

Another one that gets me is pet. My dog wanted me to pet him. So I PETTED him!

 

[21hens-incharge]

This one drives me batty. Tinnitus...

∆∆correct pronunciation ∆∆

∆∆ incorrect ∆∆

 

[DuckLady]

I hate hearing "mis-cheev-ee-ous".

Mischievous has 3 syllables, not 4.

 

[ShrekDawg]

I hate hearing "mis-cheev-ee-ous".

Mischievous has 3 syllables, not 4.

 

[Evadig]

I hate hearing "mis-cheev-ee-ous".

Mischievous has 3 syllables, not 4.

I used to say mis-chee-vus.

 

[Nifty-Chicken]

What an interesting discussion! LOL!

Just stick with simply you prefer to keep it as forums; please don’t invoke Google as the arbiter of truth!

Just to be clear, I didn't say they are the source of truth.

My point is that they spend billions of $$ to determine what people want / search for... and with all their $$, research, PHD's, etc. etc. etc. they figured out (quantifiably) that the VAST majority of people are more inclined / comfortable with "forums" to describe what we do... and I'd be a horrible website owner if I didn't take that into consideration... especially since 80% of our traffic comes from Google.

My job here is to help people get to the info to help them with their backyard chickens as quickly and easily as possible.

... and it's clear that "forums" resonates with more people than "fora"

I thought this article was interesting:
https://grammarist.com/usage/fora-forums/

Oh, interesting read, thanks!