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

Gary Shannon scripsit:

> > And the plural of "box" (computer hardware) is
> > "boxen".
>
> As in "I have zwei boxen in meine office?"
Which are nicht for gefingerpoken und mittengrabben!  And you
probably remember why.  For the rest of you younkers (or Junkers), see
http://www.catb.org/~esr/jargon/html/B/blinkenlights.html (which also
includes a Germanized-English translation and an Internet version).

ObSelfRef:  Nobody seems to have noticed the word "singlular" in the
subject line of the thread.  While lacking the storied charm of
"agulunulating" (= "agglutinating"), this word shows that the conlang
tradition of mispeling is still with us.

--
De plichten van een docent zijn divers,         John Cowan
die van het gehoor ook.                         jcowan@reutershealth.com
      --Edsger Dijkstra                         http://www.ccil.org/~cowan

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