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[Joey.]

What is my phone on about?
It gives me this message all day and wont let me read mms.

samsung, vodacom
??

 

[bekdik]

Virus?

 

[snorbaard]

"Virus?" ??

That's harking back to the villagers thinking "Witch!" when they see a kind old lady with a cat and a broom in the street.

Yes, the virii will come. But they're not here yet. The ones you *can* catch on a phone are the ones that you deserve to (installing trojans, for instance, even after your phone repeatedly asked you if you really, really wanted to install this unknown piece of software)

So, Joey, you're going to have to be a lot more specific. When is the phone saying this? How is it saying this? What model is it? Have you done anything new to it recently (like installing or accepting something new from your mates) ?

 

[Claymore]

Yes, the virii will come.

Dude, what's a "virii"?

 

[TMoose]

Dude, what's a "virii"?

I believe it's the l33t plural for "viruses".

 

[TheREV]

I believe it's the l33t plural for "viruses".

Er, that would then be "viruseses" would it not?

 

[TMoose]

Er, that would then be "viruseses" would it not?

Not really, since viri isn't a real word either. The word virus comes from latin, so somewhere along the way somebody decided that viri probably means "viruses" when in fact it means "men". Go figure. The l33t crowd decided to add an extra i, probably to try and be special... as in the case with words like "warez" and "serialz".

 

[st3ve]

It's the same with syllabus and hippopotamus. Most people believe the plural is syllabi and Hippopotami when in fact it's syllabusses and hippopotamusses

The plural for virus is not viri or virii, it's viruses

for more look here: http://www.askoxford.com/asktheexperts/faq/aboutgrammar/plurals

 

[Joey.]

says it when I leave the phone for a while.
and when I try retrieve mms.

its a new phone.

 

[Soulburner]

I had the same problem. Its the settings. It might be a new phone but one of the settings (mms settings) is incorrect. I take it your with vodacom with a samsung phone..what model of the samsung range. I'll see if i can help you out.

 

[chris54]

I have this problem too...Samsung phone
What is the solution?

 

[kiepie]

It's the same with syllabus and hippopotamus. Most people believe the plural is syllabi and Hippopotami when in fact it's syllabusses and hippopotamusses

The plural for virus is not viri or virii, it's viruses

for more look here: http://www.askoxford.com/asktheexperts/faq/aboutgrammar/plurals

Now why did I have English at school when I could learn all the stuff on myadsl??

What is the message saying?