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Re:A plant that cannot die by jemfinch on Friday August 20, 2021 @09:08AM (#28245514)
Are we really supposed to be saying "millenniums" now, or is the Independent's editor asleep at the wheel?
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Re:A plant that cannot die by Kye on Friday August 20, 2021 @09:13AM (#28245552)
Millenniums is less common, but still valid.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/millennium

>> "plural millennia\ mə- ˈle- nē- ə \ or millenniums"

Dictionaries are based on real-world usage, so a lexicographer found enough usage to print it.

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Re:A plant that cannot die by kwhitefoot on Sunday August 22, 2021 @05:26AM (#28264072)
The relevant dictionaries for an article in the UK Independent would be the OED, Collins, or Cambridge.

https://www.lexico.com/definition/millennium https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/millenn... https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/millenni...

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Re:A plant that cannot die by Kye on Sunday August 22, 2021 @09:00AM (#28265131)
I couldn't find freely-available online versions of those when I looked. They all say milleniums is valid.
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