Re: Langmaker down since January?

I would suggest "chassies" as the plural form.  Similar
to "thesis~thesies"

- andrew.

On Tue, 10 Jun 2008, Eugene Oh wrote:
> Why not "chasses"? (:
> Eugene
>
> On Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 1:19 AM, Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...>
wrote:
> > On Mon, Jun 9, 2008 at 1:12 PM, Henrik Theiling
> > <theiling@...>
> >
> > wrote:
> > >> And then there's "chassis", whose pronunciation changes in the
> > >> plural even though the spelling doesn't...  gaaah.
> > >
> > > I think it's the same in German.
> >
> > Not sure why the audible-but-invisible inflection bothers me in the
> > case of "chassis" but not in the case of "read".
> >
> > But it does!    I propose that we spell the plural "chassises"
> > henceforth.
> >
> > :)
> >
> > --
> > Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...>


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