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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread old quiz #209310 01/29/2013 5:17 PM Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,971 Likes: 3 Land of the Flat Water LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,971 Likes: 3 Land of the Flat Water More Is Less A riddle attributed to British prime minister George Canning, among many others: A word there is of plural number, Foe to ease and tranquil slumber. Any other word you take And add an S will plural make; But if you add an S to this, So strange the metamorphosis, Plural is plural now no more And sweet what bitter was before. ----please, draw me a sheep---- Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: old quiz LukeJavan8 #209315 01/29/2013 11:07 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Originally Posted By: LukeJavan8 Any other word you take And add an S will plural make; This is obviously not true. There are many words in English that do not take an -s plural. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: old quiz LukeJavan8 #209316 01/29/2013 11:08 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 I do know one plural that ends in -s such that when you add another s to it becomes singular. Not sure about the "[f]oe to ease and tranquil slumber" part. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: old quiz Faldage #209321 01/30/2013 1:48 AM Joined: May 2010 Posts: 963 Alaska Tromboniator old hand Tromboniator old hand Joined: May 2010 Posts: 963 Alaska Originally Posted By: Faldage I do know one plural that ends in -s such that when you add another s to it becomes singular. Not sure about the "[f]oe to ease and tranquil slumber" part. That's where I am. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: old quiz Tromboniator #209325 01/30/2013 6:24 PM Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,971 Likes: 3 Land of the Flat Water LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,971 Likes: 3 Land of the Flat Water Are you aslumber???? ----please, draw me a sheep---- Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: old quiz Faldage #209334 01/31/2013 12:07 PM Joined: Oct 2010 Posts: 2,457 Likes: 10 London, UK A C Bowden Pooh-Bah A C Bowden Pooh-Bah Joined: Oct 2010 Posts: 2,457 Likes: 10 London, UK Originally Posted By: Faldage I do know one plural that ends in -s such that when you add another s to it becomes singular. Is it one of these? princes/princess ogres/ogress cares/caress bras/brass Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: old quiz A C Bowden #209335 01/31/2013 3:58 PM Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 1,554 Lower Aberdeen, Mississippi jenny jenny veteran jenny jenny veteran Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 1,554 Lower Aberdeen, Mississippi needles: foe to tranquil slumber? needless: bitter to sweet? Naw. cares to caress... Yeah, AC, I like that one. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: old quiz LukeJavan8 #209346 02/01/2013 12:44 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 I like that cares/caress. Good work, A C. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  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... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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