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There is a word that paradoxically changes both its number and its gender with the addition of an 's'.
Indeed, it becomes singular where before it had been plural, and feminine instead of masculine....
The words are Princes and Princess
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you-supply-the-answer,I'll-give-you-the-question:
The answer is 9-W , posed in the "Caffeine/Dehydration--quick question" thread of I&A (this very forum!)
The question was Do you spell your name with a "V," Herr Wagner?
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Ha!!! 
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1 = F O of the C N1 Fell Out of the Cuckoo's Nest
1 MPM = 60 ??? = 88 FPS 1 Mile Per Minute = 60 Miles per Hour = 88 Feet Per Second
2 for the SS 2 for the SeeSaw
3 = A at which J J M M W G DuP T G C of his M 3 = Age at which James James Morrison Morrison Weatherby George Dupree Took great care of his Mother (from Winnie the Pooh)
3 B M = S H T R 3 Blind Mice = See How They Run
3 = C in the F 3 = Coins in the Fountain
3 = on a M 3 on a Match
4 = C of the E 4 = Corners of the Earth
4 = H of the A 4 = Horsemen of the Apoclypse
4 = S and 7 Y A Four Score and Seven Years Ago
7= D in M 7 Days in May
7 = I in a S B G 7 Innings in a Soft Ball Game
7 = H of R 7 = Hills of Rome
7 = W of the A W 7 = Wonders of the Ancient World
BF = 8 Butterfield 8
8 = E 8 is enough
8 = K N H 8 = Kings Named Henry
B 9 S Beethiven's 9th Symphony
10 = L I10 = Little Indians
12 = A M 12 = Angry Men
12 = D of C 12 = Days of Christmas
12 S of the Z 12 Signs of the Zodiac
13 = B D 13 = Baker's Dozen
14 = S of the C 14 = Stations of the Cross
15 = M on a D M C (Y H H and a B of R) 15 = Men on a Dead Man's Chest (Yo Ho Ho and a Bottle of Rum)
16 = T and WDY G 16 = Tons and What Do You Get
M 18 Milo 18
26 = L of the A 26 = Letters of the Alphabet
30 = S over T 30 = Seconds over Tokyo
43 = P of A 43 = Presidents of America
54 = C in a D (with the J) 54 = Cards in a Deck (with the Jokers)
76 = T L the B P 76 = Trombones Led the Big Parade
80 D to G A the W 80 Days to Go Around the World
83 C C R 84 Chariong Cross Road
88 = P K 88 = Piano Keys
101 = D 101 = Dalmations
103 = E in the P T 103 Elements in the PeriodicTable
110 = C R B 110 Cornets Right Behind(see 76 = T)
206 = B in a S 206 = Bones in a Skeleton
1001 = A N 1001 = Arabian Nights
1776 = M in the D 1776 Miles in the Danube
1814 = WTaLTAWCJDtheMMIn 1814 we took a little trip/along with Colonel Jackson down the mighty Mississip
5280 = F in a M 5280 = Feet in a Mile
86400 S = 1440 M = 1 D86,400 seconds = 1440 Minutes = 1 Day
I'll update this periodically, as time permits.
(originals - and additional challenges - in Initial Impressions, in Wordplay and Fun)
(updated Jan 30, 2003)
(3 = A at which J J edited March 3, 2003)
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3 = A at which J J W W W G DuP T G C of his M 3 = Age at which... (see below):
James James
Wellington Wellington
Weatherby George Dupree
Took great care of his Mother
Though he was only threeIt's from Winnie the Pooh, Now We Are Six, I think (maybe it's from The House at Pooh Corner?) Edit: Yes. The poem is named "Disobedience," from Now We Are Six. The complete text can be seen at http://www.umiacs.umd.edu/~ridge/local/disobedience.html.
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That was really bugging me. I knew the part about the age and the mother, but couldn't think who it was. Thanks to both of you!
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In response to "GOK's Disease" (in Words from Medicine, "below-the-line") = "God Only Knows"
"NBD" stands for "No Big Deal"
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My version has JJ MMWGDu P! - the "M M " standing for "Morrison Morrison." edit - and so does the link, above !!
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Oooops!  How right you are. I think I'll have to invent a new reading disability, chacterized by misinterpreting letters upside down, rather than the more typical right/left problem. (I think maybe I'll go back and edit out the mistake, too. Thanks for the alert!)
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