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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Abbreviations and "s" #5809 08/30/2000 1:52 PM Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 200 william enthusiast william enthusiast Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 200 apples and oranges, what a wonderful name! makes me want to eat a piece of fruit, or at least make a cocktail out of one. >>" a pair of boxer". this reminds me of the "shopspeak" used by salespeople. this is when you're looking at a pair of shoes and the staff member sidles up and offers "mmmm yes. they're a lovely shoe." or with trousers: "they're a trans-seasonal pant". has anyone else run into this peculiar version of plural or is it just in australia? annastrophic, how are you with "months"? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted . Max Quordlepleen 08/30/2000 3:35 AM Re: Abbreviations and "s" Jackie 08/30/2000 3:47 AM . Max Quordlepleen 08/30/2000 6:14 AM Re: Abbreviations and "s" Jackie 08/30/2000 11:03 AM Re: Abbreviations and "s" william 08/30/2000 1:52 PM Re: Abbreviations and "s" AnnaStrophic 08/30/2000 2:25 PM Re: Abbreviations and "s" Bingley 08/31/2000 4:15 AM . Max Quordlepleen 08/31/2000 4:27 AM Re: Abbreviations and "s" AnnaStrophic 08/31/2000 2:13 PM The one where we taught AnnaS to speak proply jmh 03/26/2002 9:20 AM Re: Nice Eastertide resurrection, Jo! AnnaStrophic 03/26/2002 11:25 AM . Max Quordlepleen 03/26/2002 7:27 PM Re: The one where we taught AnnaS to speak proply wwh 03/26/2002 8:22 PM . Max Quordlepleen 03/26/2002 8:27 PM Re: The one where we taught AnnaS to speak proply wwh 03/26/2002 8:41 PM Re: Abbreviations and "s" Bingley 08/31/2000 4:20 AM Re: Abbreviations and "s" Bingley 08/30/2000 4:49 AM Re: Abbreviations and "s" emanuela 08/30/2000 6:00 AM Re: Abbreviations and "s" AnnaStrophic 08/30/2000 11:42 AM Re: Abbreviations and "s" apples + oranges 08/30/2000 1:33 PM Re: Abbreviations and "s" hev 03/26/2002 11:20 PM Re: Abbreviations and "s" AnnaStrophic 03/26/2002 11:44 PM Re: Abbreviations and "s" hev 03/26/2002 11:58 PM 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

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