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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread words about words #167885 04/30/2007 10:48 AM Joined: Apr 2007 Posts: 3 JodyCT stranger JodyCT stranger Joined: Apr 2007 Posts: 3 Around here (mountains of NC) people refer to "license" as plural as in: (question) Do you have your driver's license? (ans) Let me find them. I think I have also heard that sort of wording for "scissors" although at least scissors is a pair and not one thing. What do you call that word usage? Copy Link to Clipboard Re: words about words JodyCT #167943 05/01/2007 1:09 PM Joined: May 2002 Posts: 1,529 Aladamnbama the most watered s... themilum veteran themilum veteran Joined: May 2002 Posts: 1,529 Aladamnbama the most watered s... "What do you call that word usage?" ___________________________________ In Alabama we call it correct. Pronounced li-senz the ear hears that it is plural by contstruction and so we obey the rule of plural usage. We obey all laws here in Alabama so we have a lot of licenseses. Copy Link to Clipboard Re: words about words themilum #167946 05/01/2007 1:58 PM Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 72 Land where ne'er-do-wells rule... Curuinor journeyman Curuinor journeyman Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 72 Land where ne'er-do-wells rule... li·cence (lī'səns ) Looks correct to me. As a damned yankee/foreigner/surfing bum, I must acquiesce the universal nature of the pronunciation. I exist! I am a pedant! I have a foreboding signature! Copy Link to Clipboard Re: words about words Curuinor #167949 05/01/2007 2:11 PM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont > Let me find them I think this was the point. how many drivers licenses does one need? formerly known as etaoin... Copy Link to Clipboard Re: words about words Buffalo Shrdlu #167975 05/01/2007 8:17 PM Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada Zed Pooh-Bah Zed Pooh-Bah Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada depends how many cars you drive at one time. Copy Link to Clipboard Re: words about words Zed #167976 05/01/2007 8:44 PM Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 956 Auckland, New Zealand olly old hand olly old hand Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 956 Auckland, New Zealand I'd understand License being plural if the singular was licen. According to the OED it stems from latin Licentia freedom, liberty.....world peace, hahaha. It is also one of the funnily spelt words Licence, or License for the verb. Copy Link to Clipboard Re: words about words olly #167979 05/02/2007 3:06 AM Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 5,400 rego park of troy Carpal Tunnel of troy Carpal Tunnel Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 5,400 rego park its like peas.. it used to be pease, (singular) but sounded like a plural, so now we have pea, and peas sounds plural, so it gets treated as plural. my other obsession Copy Link to Clipboard Re: words about words JodyCT #168583 06/08/2007 2:21 AM Joined: May 2007 Posts: 13 Nanu Nanu stranger Nanu Nanu stranger Joined: May 2007 Posts: 13 Yous all have good answers. -- And I never accepted "yous"/"youse" as good English till I made some good friends from Pennsylvania. They all use this as the plural form for "you". It gave me hope that English could be saved and converted into a rational language. But the phonology is still hopeless. -- So youse all should have license! Copy Link to Clipboard 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 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 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 Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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