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Topic Options #5737 - 08/27/00 05:37 AM Max Quordlepleen Carpal Tunnel Registered: 08/12/00 Posts: 3409 Top #5738 - 08/27/00 10:46 AM Re: Octopodes v. octopi - any others? tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Registered: 04/03/00 Posts: 10472 Loc: this too shall pass speaking of legitimized errors, I know of a couple of "false singulars"; i.e., baize (orig. bay(s) - from the color) and chintz (orig. chint(s) - a calico print). Top #5739 - 08/28/00 12:51 AM Re: Octopodes v. octopi - any others? Bingley Carpal Tunnel Registered: 04/09/00 Posts: 3065 Loc: Jakarta Pease was originally an uncountable term, like spaghetti, but was later falsely analysed into a singular pea, and a plural peas. Bingley _________________________ Bingley Top #5740 - 08/28/00 12:54 AM Re: Octopodes v. octopi - any others? Bingley Carpal Tunnel Registered: 04/09/00 Posts: 3065 Loc: Jakarta In reply to: baize (orig. bay(s) - from the color) Surely baize is green? Bingley _________________________ Bingley Top #5741 - 08/28/00 07:22 AM Max Quordlepleen Carpal Tunnel Registered: 08/12/00 Posts: 3409 Top #5742 - 08/28/00 09:43 AM Re: Octopodes v. octopi - any others? tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Registered: 04/03/00 Posts: 10472 Loc: this too shall pass >surely baize is green? as most pool table owners can tell you, baize is dyed in many different colors (and is erroneously called 'felt' by the uninitiated). evidently it was originally bay-colored (which is to say brownish). Top #5743 - 08/28/00 01:21 PM Re: Octopodes v. octopi - any others? TEd Remington Carpal Tunnel Registered: 07/17/00 Posts: 3467 Loc: Marion NC >Surely baize is green? Depends on the casino, I suspect. _________________________ TEd Top Previous Topic Index Next Topic Preview Hop to: General Topics ------   Information and announcements   Q&A about words   Wordplay and fun   Words and languages in schools   Miscellany   Weekly Themes   Looking for (writers, speakers, ...) (Old) Weekly themes. (have been consolidated into a single forum above) ------   Words from medicine   Beheading words   Meta-words   Words from classical mythology   Animal Safari   Words with unusual etymologies   Eponyms or words derived from people's names.   Loanwords from German   English as a global language Moderator:  Jackie  Print Topic Switch to Threaded Mode View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts Forum Stats 8453 Members 16 Forums 13692 Topics 210094 Posts Max Online: 3341 @ 12/09/11 02:15 PM Newest Members dene13, MariaAnastasia, MNPrasad, Krysto4, rsvalley 8452 Registered Users Who's Online 1 registered (zhangzhen), 44 Guests and 1 Spider online. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters (30 Days) LukeJavan8 100 endymion6 70 wofahulicodoc 70 jenny jenny 61 teepee 23 Rhubarb Commando 22 Faldage 13 tsuwm 10 anddrewlee 6 Jackie 4 June Su M Tu W Th F Sa 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

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