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Re:Sphinxtr: Creating a Portable PhD Thesis by mirkules on Wednesday October 03, 2012 @07:35PM (#4610162)
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).

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Re:Sphinxtr: Creating a Portable PhD Thesis by dljsjr on Wednesday October 03, 2012 @09:58PM (#4610564)
I know, I was being a little pedantic and tongue-in-cheek at the same time, hah.

Still true though.

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Re:Sphinxtr: Creating a Portable PhD Thesis by crntaylor on Thursday October 04, 2012 @03:23AM (#4611276)
...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.

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Re:Sphinxtr: Creating a Portable PhD Thesis by mirkules on Thursday October 04, 2012 @12:05PM (#4612954)
Heh, not at all.
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