Originally posted by: Mike O
The Alien Quadrilogy (That isn't a word, is it?)
You're right; of course plenty of people think it is actually a word after Fox marketing department made it up. The real word is tetralogy. Quadrilogy 'seems' right, but it is a mix of Greek and Latin; duology, trilogy and tetralogy being Greek, quadri being Latin. Of course it may end up being a real word if it remains in usage; 'television' is a similar Greek/Latin combination.
While just Googling some of that info I found this humorous quote:
Originally written by: C. P. Scott (1846-1932)
Television? The word is half Greek, half Latin. No good can come of it.
The Alien Quadrilogy (That isn't a word, is it?)
You're right; of course plenty of people think it is actually a word after Fox marketing department made it up. The real word is tetralogy. Quadrilogy 'seems' right, but it is a mix of Greek and Latin; duology, trilogy and tetralogy being Greek, quadri being Latin. Of course it may end up being a real word if it remains in usage; 'television' is a similar Greek/Latin combination.
While just Googling some of that info I found this humorous quote:
Originally written by: C. P. Scott (1846-1932)
Television? The word is half Greek, half Latin. No good can come of it.