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Re: About linguistic (in)tolerance

From:Lars Henrik Mathiesen <thorinn@...>
Date:Sunday, March 28, 1999, 13:19
   Date:         Sat, 27 Mar 1999 22:53:32 -0500
   From: John Cowan <cowan@...>

   Brian Betty scripsit:
   > And pease, plural peases, became pea, plural peas. Hence 'pease porridge
   > hot ..." I think I like pease better ...

   Almost.  "Pease" was a mass noun, like "rice", with no plural.

So perhaps we'll see "rie" formed for a kernel of rice.

Lars Mathiesen (U of Copenhagen CS Dep) <thorinn@...> (Humour NOT marked)