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Re: Subject: Re: Singlular of "mouses" Was: Re: Negative ordinality

From:Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...>
Date:Thursday, December 18, 2003, 16:50
On Thu, Dec 18, 2003 at 12:04:13AM -0600, Caleb Hines wrote:
> My favorite computer-related plural is UNIX -> UNIcies! (Just like index -> > indicies). I've never heard "Unixen" AFAIK.
There's no 'i'; the plural of "index" is "indices", and therefore the analogous plural of "Unix" is "Unices", as indicated in the message you replied to. -Mark