I've got the kids reading Chronicles of Narnia. In the Magician's Nephew, there is reference to "The Wood between the Worlds."

Both Theo and Sasha said, "Why is it not 'woods'?"

Rather than respond that it was another typical cross-pondism for which there could never be a rational answer, it occurred to me to ask what those of you in the eastern islands think? Why do you say "wood" rather than "woods"? And when you read Frost's poem, Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening, does it jar your ear, so to speak?

TEd


TEd