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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Abbreviations and "s" #5809 08/30/00 01:52 PM Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 200 W william enthusiast william enthusiast W 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 08/30/00 03:35 AM Re: Abbreviations and "s" Jackie 08/30/00 03:47 AM . Max Quordlepleen 08/30/00 06:14 AM Re: Abbreviations and "s" Jackie 08/30/00 11:03 AM Re: Abbreviations and "s" william 08/30/00 01:52 PM Re: Abbreviations and "s" AnnaStrophic 08/30/00 02:25 PM Re: Abbreviations and "s" Bingley 08/31/00 04:15 AM . Max Quordlepleen 08/31/00 04:27 AM Re: Abbreviations and "s" AnnaStrophic 08/31/00 02:13 PM The one where we taught AnnaS to speak proply jmh 03/26/02 09:20 AM Re: Nice Eastertide resurrection, Jo! AnnaStrophic 03/26/02 11:25 AM . Max Quordlepleen 03/26/02 07:27 PM Re: The one where we taught AnnaS to speak proply wwh 03/26/02 08:22 PM . Max Quordlepleen 03/26/02 08:27 PM Re: The one where we taught AnnaS to speak proply wwh 03/26/02 08:41 PM Re: Abbreviations and "s" Bingley 08/31/00 04:20 AM Re: Abbreviations and "s" Bingley 08/30/00 04:49 AM Re: Abbreviations and "s" emanuela 08/30/00 06:00 AM Re: Abbreviations and "s" AnnaStrophic 08/30/00 11:42 AM Re: Abbreviations and "s" apples + oranges 08/30/00 01:33 PM Re: Abbreviations and "s" hev 03/26/02 11:20 PM Re: Abbreviations and "s" AnnaStrophic 03/26/02 11:44 PM Re: Abbreviations and "s" hev 03/26/02 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 Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,398 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 (), 1,017 guests, and 0 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 41 A C Bowden 29 LukeJavan8 6 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,576 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,922 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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