Yaris Plural

[DJ_SpaRky]

OK, I'm seeing different things so I would like to take a vote to see what we should use (well at least for this site for now)

Is Yaris plural Yarii or Yarises or something else (please post)?

[why?]

Yarisususussss

[as400g33k]

maybe we should ask toyota on that one...

[as400g33k]

... or at least our european counterparts as they've had the Yaris brand since 1999.

[swng]

Just voted for "Yarises". Sounds less academic to me.

[DJ_SpaRky]

Originally Posted by Sp33dY

I reckon its Yarii .. thats what us guys at Oztoyota have been calling them ... "a flock of yarii ....a. herd of yarii ": .. lol

Scruffy Yarii Herder?? LOL

Originally Posted by why?

Yarisususussss

That's what started this thing.

Originally Posted by swng

Just voted for "Yarises". Sounds less academic to me.

...and that's a good thing??

[why?]

Yes, we don't want to sound like academic snobs.

Oh, and Yarii reminds me of this song.

I don't like that song. Here is a better version:

You are my fire
The one desire
Believe when I say
I want a Yaray

But we are a continent apart
Oh I Can't reach the start
When you say
You have no Yaray

[Chorus:]
Tell you why
Ain't nothin' but a heartache
Tell you why
Ain't nothin' but a mistake
Tell you why
I never wanna hear you say
I have no Yaray.

Am I your driver
Your one pied piper
Yes I can only say
I want a Yaray.

[Chorus]

Now I can see that your nowhere in sight
Now why oh why do I have to fight
with this idiot dude without sight
I want him to know
That even far across the sea...

You are my fire
My one desire
You are
You are, you are, you are

Don't wanna have to say
Ain't nothin' but a heartache
Ain't nothin' but a mistake
(Don't wanna hear you say)
I never wanna hear you say
I have no Yaray.

Tell you why
Ain't nothin' but a heartache
Tell you why
Ain't nothin but a mistake
Tell you why
I never wanna hear you say
(Don't wanna hear you say it)
I have no Yaray
I have no Yaray.

[jdgriswald]

Originally Posted by Thirty-Nine

I believe it should be Yari (with one "i").

The plural of focus is foci.
The plural of octopus is octopi.
Thus, the plural of Yaris should be Yari.

I don't see a need for the double "i." I think the pronunciation of Yarii would be (phonetically) yar-EE-eye.

It certainly wouldn't be Yaris'. The apostrophe shows possession. For example, if you were referring to, say, the car's burnt-out headlight, you would say, "The Yaris' headlight is burnt out."

Stop! You're going to make Swng's head explode.

j/k

[swng]

Originally Posted by jdgriswald

Stop! You're going to make Swng's head explode.

j/k

By the way, does anyone know anything about the turning radii of the Fit and the Yarii/Yari?

[jdgriswald]

Originally Posted by swng

By the way, does anyone know anything about the turning radii of the Fit and the Yarii/Yari?

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[swng]

Thanks jdgriswald. You are the "serious type" and I like it.

[DJ_SpaRky]

Originally Posted by Thirty-Nine

I believe it should be Yari (with one "i").

The plural of focus is foci.
The plural of octopus is octopi.
Thus, the plural of Yaris should be Yari.

I don't see a need for the double "i." I think the pronunciation of Yarii would be (phonetically) yar-EE-eye.

It certainly wouldn't be Yaris'. The apostrophe shows possession. For example, if you were referring to, say, the car's burnt-out headlight, you would say, "The Yaris' headlight is burnt out."

word.


LOL.
I see what you are saying but none of those other words end in -is so there really is nothing to reference to. I think that Yarii will work, but it should be said as if only one I is there, yar-EE, 'cuz yar-EE-eye just sounds stupid, unless you are a pirate.

[why?]

AAAARRRRRR.

[harves]

I think it should be Yarii

[Freedom]

If Yaris would be a Greek word, than the plural would be Yares, although I think it has nothing to do with Greek.
But to improve your linguistic knowledge, I tell you that the Hungarian plural of Yaris is Yarisok.

[jdgriswald]

Originally Posted by Freedom

If Yaris would be a Greek word, than the plural would be Yares, although I think it has nothing to do with Greek.
But to improve your linguistic knowledge, I tell you that the Hungarian plural of Yaris is Yarisok.

If the following is true, then Yarii would indeed be correct.

From the Saint Louis Post Dispatch 12/28/05
ATLANTA — During a question-and-answer session at a media event here introducing the all-new subcompact Toyota Yaris, a question came up regarding the meaning of the name.
“It’s a minor Greek god,” answered Ernest Bastien, vice president of vehicle operations. “. . . The god of health, I think.”
To which Dick Kelley, a Toyota PR guy, quickly added: “It’s the entry-level god.”
Yaris is entry-level, for sure. But, in the wake of the disappointing sales of the outgoing Toyota Echo subcompact — a rare state-side failure for Toyota — the company isn’t relying on divine intervention for Yaris’s success. This new subcompact has been designed to avoid Echo’s mistakes, Bastien said. ....

[DJ_SpaRky]

Maybe Yaris is already plural??

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yari

[DJ_SpaRky]

well then. I like mine better LOL