Re: Rs

Garth Wallace scripsit:

> Computer geek slang tends to self-consciously go in the other direction,
> using -en plurals with just about any word that ends in "x": boxen,
> unixen, linuxen, etc.
"Macintoshen", too, where there is no -x.  I hasten to add that "boxen"
is not a general plural of "box", but is restricted to the sense "computers,
considered as physical objects and without regard to brand name or type".

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John Cowan           http://www.ccil.org/~cowan              cowan@ccil.org
To say that Bilbo's breath was taken away is no description at all.  There
are no words left to express his staggerment, since Men changed the language
that they learned of elves in the days when all the world was wonderful.
        --_The Hobbit_