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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread #209310 - 01/29/13 05:17 PM old quiz   Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 8,975 LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel LukeJavan8   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 8,975 Land of the Flat Water More Is Less A riddle attributed to British prime minister George Canning, among many others: A word there is of plural number, Foe to ease and tranquil slumber. Any other word you take And add an S will plural make; But if you add an S to this, So strange the metamorphosis, Plural is plural now no more And sweet what bitter was before. ----please, draw me a sheep---- #209315 - 01/29/13 11:07 PM Re: old quiz [Re: LukeJavan8]   Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Originally Posted By: LukeJavan8 Any other word you take And add an S will plural make; This is obviously not true. There are many words in English that do not take an -s plural. #209316 - 01/29/13 11:08 PM Re: old quiz [Re: LukeJavan8]   Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 I do know one plural that ends in -s such that when you add another s to it becomes singular. Not sure about the "[f]oe to ease and tranquil slumber" part. #209321 - 01/30/13 01:48 AM Re: old quiz [Re: Faldage]   Joined: May 2010 Posts: 958 Tromboniator old hand Tromboniator   old hand Joined: May 2010 Posts: 958 Alaska Originally Posted By: Faldage I do know one plural that ends in -s such that when you add another s to it becomes singular. Not sure about the "[f]oe to ease and tranquil slumber" part. That's where I am. #209325 - 01/30/13 06:24 PM Re: old quiz [Re: Tromboniator]   Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 8,975 LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel LukeJavan8   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 8,975 Land of the Flat Water Are you aslumber???? ----please, draw me a sheep---- #209334 - 01/31/13 12:07 PM Re: old quiz [Re: Faldage]   Joined: Oct 2010 Posts: 909 A C Bowden old hand A C Bowden   old hand Joined: Oct 2010 Posts: 909 London, UK Originally Posted By: Faldage I do know one plural that ends in -s such that when you add another s to it becomes singular. Is it one of these? princes/princess ogres/ogress cares/caress bras/brass #209335 - 01/31/13 03:58 PM Re: old quiz [Re: A C Bowden]   Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 1,554 jenny jenny veteran jenny jenny   veteran Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 1,554 Lower Aberdeen, Mississippi needles: foe to tranquil slumber? needless: bitter to sweet? Naw. cares to caress... Yeah, AC, I like that one. #209346 - 02/01/13 12:44 PM Re: old quiz [Re: LukeJavan8]   Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 I like that cares/caress. Good work, A C. 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 consolidated into a single forum above) ------   Words from medicine   Beheading words   Meta-words   Words from classical mythology   Animal Safari   Words with unusual etymologies   Eponyms or words derived from people's names.   Loanwords from German   English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode View Profile Send Private Message Follow User Show Forum Posts View Profile Send Private Message View Homepage Follow User Show Forum Posts View Profile Send Private Message View Homepage Follow User Show Forum Posts View Profile Send Private Message Follow User Show Forum Posts View Profile Send Private Message Follow User Show Forum Posts View Profile Send Private Message Follow User Show Forum Posts View Profile Send Private Message View Homepage Follow User Show Forum Posts View Profile Send Private Message View Homepage Follow User Show Forum Posts Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,878 Posts223,914 Members9,019 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Rogerdoctor, SquareDonut, WonderW, Trailjohn, Reddit 9019 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 registered members (), 48 guests, and 4 spiders. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 37 LukeJavan8 13 Top Posters(All Time) wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 tsuwm 10,538 LukeJavan8 8,975 wofahulicodoc 7,494 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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