So Toyota had a promotion to decide the plural of Prius, the hybrid car model, and the winner is (are?) Prii.
While I initially had a rant in mind about setting language by vote, I've thought about it, and I figure this is just a more explicit way of doing what we actually do anyway. While pedants rave (and I can be as pedantic as the next guy... no, I can be way more pedantic than the next guy), it's a fact that usage ultimately determines grammar, spelling, word order, and other features of our language. And, ultimately, usage is a vote.
So we are a family with two Prii.
(I wish that didn't sound so contrived.)
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