ANTENNAE and the Plurals of Latin Words
Why
does this say “antennae” – with an “e” at the end for a
plural? It’s another Latin thing. When a word in Latin ends in an “a.”
“Antenna” comes from a Latin root and is supposed to be “antennae” for
the plural. And there are two ways to pronounce it, depending on when you
learned Latin – in the olds days like me you’d have learned to say “antenn-eye,”
now people learn to say, “antenn-ee.” Of course, it is the new
Millennium, and this is the Land of the Free, so most people will accept
“antennas,” as the common, English plural! You can say it however you want
to as long as people understand what you are saying!
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