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On Mar 7, 8:02 pm, Mark Goodge  wrote: > > fora

Yes, the "I'm smarter than most" bunch almost invariably say "fora" rather than "forums", don't they? "I want everyone to realise that I know that 'forum' is from Latin and that the plural in Latin is 'fora', so I arbitrarily use the Latin plural in English instead of the English plural, despite the fact that I still use the English genitive/ablative/vocative for 'forum' rather than the Latin, and I still use English plural forms for loanwords from other languages." Is that about right do you think?

Yes, "fora" is valid, but often somewhat pretentious IMO, much like you it has to be said (though thankfully it's in a much less offensive way than Jackson).