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[dreamer_easy]

A moment of confusion as I read a letter to the editor referring to ibis in the botanic gardens. "What's an ibi?", I thought.

ETA: The plural is ibises according to Ask Oxford. Maybe there really is such a thing as an ibi!

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[antikythera.livejournal.com]

It's those Latin words that end in -us that are pluralised with an -i. The suffixes -is and -us sound the same, but I don't think that means anything.

To use an indelicate example, the plural of penis is not penii, it's penes. Maybe the birds should be ibes. ^^;

[kateorman.livejournal.com]

The plot thickens - "ibis" comes from the Greek! Iboi? :-)