All I want is a plain game

[Robert Preston]

All I want is a modest game

A quiet game, a gentle game

A straightforward and honest game

To share with BBs on The Bored



2525 Fortnight 2
New format
New annums
More points
Y2K+ Bonus

The new adventure begins on Monday!

Here in River City

And nowhere else

[jarnon]

Annums?

[Vandal]

Annums?

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/annums#English

Noun
annums

plural of annum

[littlebeast13]

annii

lb13

[jarnon]

I studied Latin many years ago (it was a dead language even then - I’m not that old). I thought maybe the plural should be anna. Looking it up, I see the Latin word is annus, and annum is the form used when it’s the object of a sentence. The plural is anni, or annos when it’s an object.

I’ve never encountered anni, annos or annums in English.

[Vandal]

I’ve never seen annum used other than “per annum”. I just wanted a fancy way to say “year.”

Despite what the music man says, I don’t want a plain game.

[BackInTex]

I studied Latin many years ago (it was a dead language even then - I’m not that old). I thought maybe the plural should be anna. Looking it up, I see the Latin word is annus, and annum is the form used when it’s the object of a sentence. The plural is anni, or annos when it’s an object.

I’ve never encountered anni, annos or annums in English.

I believe the proper term is anus.

[jarnon]

I’ve never seen annum used other than “per annum”

I’ve also seen “annus horribilis” and “Anno Domini” (or “Anno Mundi” in some Jewish texts). Same word with different case suffixes.

[Vandal]

“Annus horribilis” will be most BBs reaction to the new Y2K+ Bonus.

[Pontius Pilates]

I studied Latin many years ago (it was a dead language even then - I’m not that old).

I am that old, and Latin never dies!

Veni! Vidi! Vici! Annus Horribilis!

[Pontius Pilates]

Goddamn, and it's Good Friday.

I wash my hands of this....