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

On Wednesday, December 17, 2003, at 01:19  PM, Peter Bleackley wrote:
>> And the plural of "box" (computer hardware) is "boxen".
>
> By analogy with "oxen". Particularly applies to VAX machines, or VAXen.
> Pete
On a trip to the desert a few months ago i was told we would probably
see hyooge herds of ibexen.  Unfortunately i didn't see a single one.
It was very sad.  But i used the word *"ibexen" a lot ;) !


-Stephen (Steg)
  "all i want is the world, and everything for me.
   you can rattle off your talk;
   all that matters is what i see.
   if you break me down, selfish desire is all you'll blame;
   cause desperate times call for desperate measures
   and i am not ashamed.
   oh it took me a long time to come to this
   and i have chosen my path -
   i am (only for) me..."
      ~ 'eden' by guster