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#5737 - 08/27/00 05:37 AM
Max Quordlepleen Carpal Tunnel Registered: 08/12/00 Posts: 3409
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#5738 - 08/27/00 10:46 AM Re: Octopodes v. octopi - any others?
tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Registered: 04/03/00 Posts: 10464 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).
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#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
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#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
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#5741 - 08/28/00 07:22 AM
Max Quordlepleen Carpal Tunnel Registered: 08/12/00 Posts: 3409
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#5742 - 08/28/00 09:43 AM Re: Octopodes v. octopi - any others?
tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Registered: 04/03/00 Posts: 10464 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).
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#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
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