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mirkules on Oct 3, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Sphinxtr: Creating a Portable PhD Thesis

That's irrelevant, because the association is ever-present.

As an example, if people lived on Venus, they would be called "Venerials" by the proper genitive form. Alas, doctors got to it first (Venus, Roman goddess of love...) so it was changed to "Venutians". (Source: Neil DeGrasse Tyson's podcast, StarTalk radio).

dljsjr on Oct 4, 2012 | [–]

I know, I was being a little pedantic and tongue-in-cheek at the same time, hah.

Still true though.

crntaylor on Oct 4, 2012 | [–]

...would be called "Venerials" by the proper genitive form...

I'm going to keep telling myself that your use of 'genitive' right next to 'Venerials' was entirely conscious and deliberate.

mirkules on Oct 4, 2012 | [–]

Heh, not at all.

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