PeterBale said:If the plural of "hippopotamus" is "hippopotami", what's the plural of "wotaclotamus" :?:
Dave Payn said:PeterBale said:If the plural of "hippopotamus" is "hippopotami", what's the plural of "wotaclotamus" :?:
Ho ho! :lol:
lynchie said:Dave Payn said:PeterBale said:If the plural of "hippopotamus" is "hippopotami", what's the plural of "wotaclotamus" :?:
Ho ho! :lol:
That's not the plural! Come on now... be sensible! Answer the nice man!
This is the exception to the rule - it's wotaclotamuses!lynchie said:That's not the plural! Come on now... be sensible! Answer the nice man!
Dave Payn said:If the plural of goose is 'geese'
The Cornet King said:Dave Payn said:If the plural of goose is 'geese'
Yeh so why is the plural of Mongoose...'Mongooses' and not mongeese???![]()
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Straightmute said:...and is anyone else deeply troubled by this one: what is the singular form of scampi???
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Straightmute said:...and is anyone else deeply troubled by this one: what is the singular form of scampi???
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The Cornet King said:Straightmute said:...and is anyone else deeply troubled by this one: what is the singular form of scampi???
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I thought Scampi WAS the singular?![]()
Think its one of those words like 'Sheep'.. :?
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Straightmute said:No no no! My cunning linguist colleagues tell me that it should be scampo (sorry Dave P - the one you missed!) but I've yet to be convinced.
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The Cornet King said:Hmmm...well my very large Oxford dictionary which i use here at Uni says that Scampi is mostly used in the Singular... :? :?
I think this one needs clarifying...any English professors here amongst us?