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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Exceptional plurals #109692 08/11/03 12:52 PM Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,439 New England, USA W wow Carpal Tunnel wow Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,439 New England, USA One stem of the flower is gladiolus and OED says the plural is gladioluses. BUT I had an aunt who persisted in using gladioli and pronouncing it Gla-DIE-oh-lie. We all have eccentric relatives. God knows I try my best to keep up the tradidtion! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Exceptional plurals Wordwind 08/10/03 01:19 AM Re: Exceptional plurals sjmaxq 08/10/03 01:27 AM Re: Exceptional plurals consuelo 08/10/03 02:12 AM Re: Exceptional plurals Jackie 08/10/03 02:17 AM Re: Memorabilia Faldage 08/10/03 10:59 AM Re: Memorabilia Jackie 08/10/03 02:02 PM Re: Memorabilium Faldage 08/10/03 04:13 PM Re: Memorabilium Jackie 08/10/03 05:40 PM Re: Memorabilium Faldage 08/10/03 07:26 PM Re: Exceptional plurals wow 08/11/03 12:52 PM Re: Exceptional plurals Faldage 08/10/03 07:27 PM Re: Exceptional plurals JohnHawaii 08/11/03 01:39 AM Re: Exceptional plurals tsuwm 08/11/03 02:33 AM Re: Exceptional plurals JohnHawaii 08/11/03 11:10 PM Re: Plural Pies Wordwind 08/12/03 12:21 AM Re: Plural Pies Bingley 08/12/03 01:03 AM Re: Plural Pies Jackie 08/12/03 01:38 AM Re: Plural Pies Bingley 08/12/03 04:06 AM Re: Plural Pies Faldage 08/12/03 09:17 AM Re: Plural Pies Bingley 08/13/03 01:39 AM Re: Plural Pies Zed 08/12/03 03:37 PM Re: Plural Pies Faldage 08/12/03 03:39 PM Re: Plural Pies Zed 08/12/03 06:44 PM Re: Plural Pies Zed 08/12/03 06:44 PM Re: Plural Pies wsieber 08/12/03 08:16 AM Re: Plural Pies sjmaxq 08/12/03 10:00 AM Re: Smokes Wordwind 08/12/03 11:17 AM Re: Smokes of troy 08/12/03 11:35 AM Re: Exceptional plurals Bingley 08/11/03 04:00 AM Re: Exceptional plurals Jackie 08/11/03 11:12 AM Re: Exceptional plurals Faldage 08/11/03 01:17 PM Re: Exceptional plurals wsieber 08/11/03 11:48 AM Re: Exceptional plurals Bingley 08/13/03 01:55 AM Re: Exceptional plurals Zed 08/13/03 07:03 PM Re: Exceptional plurals Faldage 08/13/03 07:05 PM Re: Exceptional plurals Zed 08/13/03 07:17 PM Re: Exceptional plurals AnnaStrophic 08/13/03 07:22 PM Re: Exceptional plurals sjmaxq 08/13/03 07:23 PM Re: Exceptional plurals Faldage 08/13/03 07:44 PM Re: Exceptional plurals sjmaxq 08/13/03 07:53 PM Re: Unexceptional pandemonium Wordwind 08/13/03 10:06 PM Re: Unexceptional pandemonium Faldage 08/13/03 11:57 PM Re: Unexceptional pandemonium Bingley 08/14/03 01:18 AM Re: Unexceptional pandemonium AnnaStrophic 08/14/03 11:52 AM Re: Unexceptional pandemonium Jackie 08/14/03 01:53 PM Re: Unexceptional pandemonium consuelo 08/15/03 09:55 AM Re: Unexceptional pandemonium Zed 08/18/03 10:42 PM Re: Unexceptional pandemonium dxb 08/22/03 06:58 AM Re: Exceptional plurals Zed 08/20/03 11:10 PM Re: Person/People Faldage 08/20/03 11:39 PM Re: Person/People Zed 08/20/03 11:42 PM Re: Person/People Faldage 08/20/03 11:59 PM Re: Person/People Zed 08/21/03 10:31 PM Re: Person/People Bingley 08/22/03 04:54 AM 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 Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,412 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 854 guests, and 2 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 36 A C Bowden 26 LukeJavan8 4 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,583 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,922 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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