Triumph Forae...

Post by **jackkelleher** » Tue Feb 05, 2008 7:31 pm

Use of a pretentious plural, I know, but I had to use it sometime...

Anyway, anyone know where there's a good one? The imminent arrival of a tr3 leads me to conclude I'll probably be needing TR3 advice...

Post by **bigginger** » Tue Feb 05, 2008 7:44 pm

"In Latin, the plural is "fora", because the noun "forum" follows the second type of declension and has neutral gender. For this type of declension, you have a nominative singular neutral noun ending in "-um", and its corresponding nominative plural ends in "-a".

However, if you actually mean the present day English noun that is derived from the Latin noun, the regular plural "forums" is more frequently used than "fora", by adding the regular English plural ending "-s". "Fora" is also used, but less frequently."

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index ... 216AAx8boT

Oh, and no clue about ones for TR3s, sorry

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Post by **jackkelleher** » Tue Feb 05, 2008 8:06 pm

I stand most comprehensively corrected.
Shows what four years of Latin did for me...

Post by **bigginger** » Tue Feb 05, 2008 8:10 pm

I had to do it for 5, my father is a professor of it, but I still couldn't have told you that without cheating and Googling it. It just felt wrong...

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Post by **bmcecosse** » Tue Feb 05, 2008 8:55 pm

I'm on this one Jack - it's not great for my TR7 - there is a more dedicated one I use for that. But they do cover all the models here. Good luck with that car!
http://club.triumph.org.uk

Post by **jackkelleher** » Wed Feb 06, 2008 12:52 am

Thanks! I'll be putting pictures up soon...
And thank you for the link, too.

Post by **Alec** » Thu Feb 07, 2008 1:25 pm

Hello Jack,

you are well served for TR 3 discussion groups e.g., http://www.club.triumph.org.uk/ or http://www.tr-register.co.uk.

Also, perhaps, www.kaskastner.com if you are performance orientated?

Alec

Post by **Kevin** » Thu Feb 07, 2008 4:00 pm

declension

I dont like the sounds of that word, just glad I didnt go to a boys only school to learn a dead language

Post by **bigginger** » Thu Feb 07, 2008 4:59 pm

Some of us weren't given a choice

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Post by **Judge** » Thu Feb 07, 2008 5:07 pm

I'm sure it was done in your best interests BG

Post by **ferny** » Fri Feb 08, 2008 1:02 pm

bmcecosse wrote:I'm on this one Jack - it's not great for my TR7 - there is a more dedicated one I use for that. But they do cover all the models here. Good luck with that car!
http://club.triumph.org.uk

What's your username on there? I bet you can't guess mine. ;)

Post by **MoggyTech** » Fri Feb 08, 2008 1:57 pm

in vino veritas

That's about the only Latin phrase I care about

Post by **bmcecosse** » Fri Feb 08, 2008 10:27 pm

ferny - same as here - and on several other forums (!) too. Obviously my interest is in the TR7 section.