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Bagrat Skalski
Koinuun Kotei
#41 - 2013-01-21 21:17:57 UTC  |  Edited by: Bagrat Skalski
Noctis's or somethink like that.

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Whitehound
#42 - 2013-01-21 21:44:03 UTC
Didn't see this one yet, so...

One Noctis.
Two Noctitties.

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Maxpie
MUSE LLP
#43 - 2013-01-21 21:47:12 UTC
I'm from Brooklyn, so I say Noctises

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Chandaris
Immortalis Inc.
Shadow Cartel
#44 - 2013-01-21 21:54:36 UTC
A lesson in EVE grammar and pluralization.

Noctis >> Noctii
Imicus >> Imicii
Raven >> Raveii
Bad Pirate >> Shadow Cartel

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Glathull
Warlock Assassins
#45 - 2013-01-21 21:56:28 UTC
If you wouldn't write it in italics to indicate the word is foreign, it is (by definition) considered anglicized, and normal rules for pluralization apply. Hence: Octopus: Octopuses. Noctis: Noctises.

Tippia was right the first time though. There are almost no latin nouns that haven't been anglicized to the point that they should still be pluralized with -ii. And you are almost certainly over-correcting if you do that as well as making a mistake. If you wanted to really do Octopus correctly, you'd have to realize it was Greek and not Latin and the proper would be Octopodes.

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Ila Gant
Hedion University
Amarr Empire
#46 - 2013-01-21 23:33:50 UTC
Mara Rinn wrote:

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Generals4
#47 - 2013-01-21 23:38:10 UTC
Obviously it is 1 Noctis, 2 Falcons.

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Lustrevik Trade and Travel Bureau
#48 - 2013-01-22 03:49:57 UTC
Some of these responses are just plain Obnoctis.
FloppieTheBanjoClown
Arcana Imperii Ltd.
#49 - 2013-01-22 04:06:02 UTC
You add an "es" for each additional Noctis on grid. So...

1 = Noctis
2 = Noctises
4 = Noctiseseses
8 = Why the hell are there 8 of these things here?

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Smohq Anmirorz
State War Academy
Caldari State
#50 - 2013-01-22 06:11:12 UTC
This isn't what I expected lol.

My question was just tongue-in-cheek; it looks like it's turned into a discussion on proper word usage and etymology. And a fairly rough discussion, at that.

I wish to withdraw my question, please.
Shalia Ripper
#51 - 2013-01-22 06:13:29 UTC
EvE Forums are REAL. There is no withdrawing the question.

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Mara Rinn
Cosmic Goo Convertor
#52 - 2013-01-22 06:39:28 UTC
Smohq Anmirorz wrote:
I wish to withdraw my question, please.


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Shalia Ripper
#53 - 2013-01-22 06:41:46 UTC
Posts have consequences.

P.S. Noctis conga lines NAO, PLZ.

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Lustrevik Trade and Travel Bureau
#54 - 2013-01-22 18:34:15 UTC
Smohq Anmirorz wrote:
This isn't what I expected lol.

My question was just tongue-in-cheek; it looks like it's turned into a discussion on proper word usage and etymology. And a fairly rough discussion, at that.

I wish to withdraw my question, please.

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Ranger 1
Ranger Corp
Vae. Victis.
#55 - 2013-01-22 20:32:01 UTC
If you see them during the day I dunno, but if you see them at night they are "Nocturnal ". Smile

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Agonizing Mining
Deep Core Mining Inc.
Caldari State
#56 - 2013-01-23 01:40:22 UTC
2 noctis
Tarvos Telesto
Blood Fanatics
#57 - 2013-01-23 02:35:22 UTC  |  Edited by: Tarvos Telesto
I caled it Nocnik (my native language), which mean chamber pot in Engilish.

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Kane Alvo
Doomheim
#58 - 2013-01-25 08:34:40 UTC
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Alphonse Ta-Khan
Pro Synergy
#59 - 2013-03-01 20:44:37 UTC
2 Noctis, 1 wreck.
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Corsair Cartel
#60 - 2013-03-01 20:49:18 UTC
FloppieTheBanjoClown wrote:
You add an "es" for each additional Noctis on grid. So...

1 = Noctis
2 = Noctises
4 = Noctiseseses
8 = Why the hell are there 8 of these things here?

You win the thread.

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