Bonii is not a word...
 

... so people, please stop using it in an attempt to sound sophisticated. An old-fashioned dictionary can be very useful sometimes.

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It's funny though, like saying "peni." It's rather bland to go around saying "penes" or "penises" when you can say "peni."

BONII 'TIL I DIE!

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stfu, now let me go back to clearing these BONII.

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BONII 'TIL I DIE!


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... so people, please stop using it in an attempt to sound sophisticated.

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Please speak in full sentences.

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You're a huge dork.

Get over yourself - it's funny.

Time to get back to clearing all of my various bonii!

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but boni is...straight from the latin...

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... so people, please stop using it in an attempt to sound sophisticated.

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Please speak in full sentences.

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He did. The sentence begins in the post subject and continues in the body.

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Let's review our masculine -us latin declension

Case Sing/Plural
Nominative: Bonus/Boni
Gentive: Boni/Bonorum
Dative: Bono/Bonis
Accusative: Bonum/Bonos
Ablative: Bono/Bonis

Some sample sentences:

Nominative (subject) Singular: This bonus takes forever to clear because I'm afraid to play above .5/$1
Nominative plural: These boni are all that keep me from going bankrupt.

Genitive (possessive) doesn't really translate well in English as it requires the preposition "of" or an apostrophe and it's hard to come up with a sensical sentence where a bonus is possessing something, so I'm skipping it.

Dative (indirect object) singular: Party poker gave (to the) bono some complicated stipulations.

Accusative (direct object) plural: Bodog wanted to give Bono (U2) many bonos, but he decided to play pro bono.

Ablative: no one really knows what the ablative case is for, so we'll skip it.

So, techincally, there is no bonii form, but remember, this is fun and not one of the few scenarii where getting it right would matter.

Ipse Dixit,

Magister Frau

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While your latin kung fu is good, you must remember that "bonus" is an adjective, not a noun. Two thwacks with the ruler.

AMDG

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Ablative: no one really knows what the ablative case is for, so we'll skip it.


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I'm pretty sure it's for protecting the sentence when it reenters the atmosphere.

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While your latin kung fu is good, you must remember that "bonus" is an adjective, not a noun. Two thwacks with the ruler.

AMDG

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No.

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While your latin kung fu is good, you must remember that "bonus" is an adjective, not a noun. Two thwacks with the ruler.

AMDG

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No.

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Huh?

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http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=bonus

It's not an adjective (and here's an easy, informal way to check), because you can't use it with the word 'very' with it.

It's not very bonus.

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Yeah. I'm with you. I tried to put a stop to this a while ago. These dorks are relentless. Free speech I guess.

I'm guessing these are the same people that love Star Trek and used to play Dungeon and Dragons for days at time......and the ones who didn't have girlfriends until their mid-20s.

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Hey hotshot: I don't need to go to dictionary.com to know that bonus is an ADJECTIVE IN LATIN but is usually used as a noun in English.

Next question?

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Point taken. Sorry. Pissy, eh?

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How should I pronounce "cdy"?

Thanks.

Lori

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Hey hotshot: I don't need to go to dictionary.com to know that bonus is an ADJECTIVE IN LATIN but can be used as a noun in English.

Next question?

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Aha. That's what you meant.

Yes, bonus is an adjective in latin.

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Point taken. Sorry. Pissy, eh?

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Just trying to increase the ol' post count before I get back to my Dungeons and Dragons [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img].

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I cleared several huge bonii this weekend and didn't even make it to the poker table.

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carpe bonii!

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carpe bonii!

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Whatever floats your boat man... I'm not boning any carps.

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carpe bonii!

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Whatever floats your boat man... I'm not boning any carps.

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don't knock it til you try it

Re: Bonii is not a word...
 

I'm glad to see I'm not the only Jesuit-educated one around here.

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Thank you for posting this thread.

I've had the urge to post exactly the same thing every time I see that so-called word on here. One of them is a bonus not a bonius!

You'd think all the genii here would know. 'Course appears a few of them do know but don't care.

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I'm glad to see I'm not the only Jesuit-educated one around here.

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Loyola (who'da thunk?) High School, Balto, MD.

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Let's review our masculine -us latin declension

Case Sing/Plural
Nominative: Bonus/Boni
Gentive: Boni/Bonorum
Dative: Bono/Bonis
Accusative: Bonum/Bonos
Ablative: Bono/Bonis

Some sample sentences:

Nominative (subject) Singular: This bonus takes forever to clear because I'm afraid to play above .5/$1
Nominative plural: These boni are all that keep me from going bankrupt.

Genitive (possessive) doesn't really translate well in English as it requires the preposition "of" or an apostrophe and it's hard to come up with a sensical sentence where a bonus is possessing something, so I'm skipping it.

Dative (indirect object) singular: Party poker gave (to the) bono some complicated stipulations.

Accusative (direct object) plural: Bodog wanted to give Bono (U2) many bonos, but he decided to play pro bono.

Ablative: no one really knows what the ablative case is for, so we'll skip it.

So, techincally, there is no bonii form, but remember, this is fun and not one of the few scenarii where getting it right would matter.

Ipse Dixit,

Magister Frau

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Did it take you a long time to write this?



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Bling.

Re: Bonii is not a word...
 

Dude, get over it. It's bonii.
-web

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We are the knights who say bonii!

seriously, I frown upon it too. What's wrong with "bonuses"?

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Ablative: no one really knows what the ablative case is for, so we'll skip it.

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The ablative is an adverbial case used (generally) for indicating the manner of an action. It's also the case used with many prepositions. "I bought a new computer with my bonus (cum bono meo) from Party Poker."

Magister Belloc

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JMJ

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While your latin kung fu is good, you must remember that "bonus" is an adjective, not a noun. Two thwacks with the ruler.

AMDG

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In both Latin and English, adjectives used substantively function as nouns:

"The meek shall inherit the earth." "Only the good (bonus) die young."

It's much more common in Latin than in English.

Magister Belloc

It is if you\'re a Rush Limbaugh fan
 

I speak from personal knowledge here.

Re: Bonii is not a word...
 

Occasionally words are added to the dictionary. If we keep using it enough, it might be there someday!

Also, internet forums and grammer police do not get along.

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Bonii is not a word...

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It's a way of life.

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Points must be subracted from his final score, however, for improper use of ellipsii.

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go Jesuits! st. louis university highschool. though i never took latin there

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not at all. bonus in latin is an adjective but hes using english, in english its a noun. you can say hes very bonus..

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Let's review our masculine -us latin declension

Case Sing/Plural
Nominative: Bonus/Boni
Gentive: Boni/Bonorum
Dative: Bono/Bonis
Accusative: Bonum/Bonos
Ablative: Bono/Bonis


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Oh bone, where art thou?

You forgot the vocative. Oh dear.

Guy.