Re: Subject: Re: Singlular of "mouses" Was: Re: Negative ordinality
| From: | Tristan McLeay <zsau@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, December 18, 2003, 10:41 |
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On Thu, 18 Dec 2003, Andreas Johansson wrote:
> Quoting Caleb Hines <cph9fa@...>:
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> > My favorite computer-related plural is UNIX -> UNIcies! (Just like index ->
> > indicies). I've never heard "Unixen" AFAIK.
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> Don't tell me anyone is actually using "indicies?
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> Or is it simply a mispelling for "indices", in which I assume your "UNIcies"
> is simply a similar misspelling of the "Unices" others have mentioned in this
> thread?
Yup, just a spelling mistake. I've never seen 'indicies' or 'unicies'
elsewhere.
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Tristan