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Re: CHAT: Tacos et al.

From:jogloran <exponent@...>
Date:Saturday, December 15, 2001, 7:07
Anton Sherwood <bronto@P...> wrote:
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> (though I am adverse to using Italian plurals of Italian > words in English :)
Averse.
>>
Oops, you're right. << Where a word has an explicit singular ending, I cringe at attaching an English plural suffix to it. But for Italian I'll make an exception: -os -as -es are legitimate Romance plurals, so we can say it's an obscure dialect of Italian.
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Or you could pass it off as the corresponding Spanish word :) I made the comment about using Italian plurals in English because as my fingers were just about to type "pastas" I decided to remain a little more conservative by writing "pasta" :) The Italian plural would be "paste" I believe. Imperative