In message , AndyW
writes
On 20/05/2016 13:50, Roger Hayter wrote:
AndyW wrote:


Bottom line: English evolves constantly and Antennas and Antennae are
both correct but one is in the ascendancy and the other is on the wane.
Neither can be said to be the correct one and neither can be said to be
wrong.

Andy
I would like to endorse that last sentence! In the UK both are
acceptable, and the time when we could dictate what is 'correct' to the
rest of the English-speaking world is long past.

If we want a 'correct' usage then we need an English equivalent of the
Academie Francais.

Andy

Heaven forbid!

However, the plural 'antennae' is no more correct than the pretentious
'referenda', 'musea', 'stadia', 'fora' etc - all words we have borrowed
from Latin, but now we use in a way that an ancient Roman would respond
to with a "Quid est?".
--
Ian