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I love spelt in soup...

You should submit that as a great trivia question.

Lucille

There are also busses - plural of bus - which an ignoramus told me was incorrect.

What did that person think you would call two busses---bi?

More important-- are there any hippopotamuses?

"lucretia borgia" wrote >>

"Busses" means gives a hearty kiss to!

Dawne

Which means I just have to write another quiz....

BTW - I have a third needlework quiz, have rough questions. And a start on one for plant awards. Which would bring me to six and needing 14 more for a quiz author badge.

Wouldn't they become hippopotami ???

He thought that was the only meaning and didn't like it when even the OED showed busses as plural of bus lol

Easy, bussi, and hippopotami. Victoria

"Lucille" opined:

lol..... and what would you call a Mongoose with his or her sibling ? Mongooses ? Mongeese ? Mongii ? Just a thought !

I like Mongi, Shredni Vashtar lol

He probably used pomade on his moustache and macassar oil on his hair - hence the anti-macassars on chair backs. However, he might have been very trendy and used brilliantine on his hair. He probably didn't use Brylcreem because it was only invented a couple of years before his death; when I was in the RAF (1959-73) it was almost obligatory to use Brylcreem before going out for the evening

London Zoo wanted to increase their collection so they sent an e-mail to a zoo in India asking if they can supply "two mongi". The message comes back, saying: "We do not understand, Sir." They try again, this time asking for "two mongooses". Again the reply comes: "Still do not understand." They write back, explaining that they wants "two mongeeses". "We do no understand your instructions, Sir." comes the reply. Getting a little fed up now, London Zoo writes one more e-mail: "Please send a mongoose. PS: Please send another"

Mongeen, multi mongoosii to throw in bit of the latin taxonomy! Victoria

Rofl........ got to admit, I had that joke in mind when I posted ! It's one of my favourites.

"drempt" (with a capital "d") is a place in The Netherlands, not an archaic version of the past tense of "to dream", at least not according to any dictionaries I can find, either online or off. Do you have a link for your spelling? "dreamt", on the other hand, according to The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, is the past tense and past participle of "dream".

"slept", also according to The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, is the past tense and past participle of the verb "to sleep"; there's no indication of whether or not it's an archaic form.

I hadn't heard that one before -- thanks for the chuckle!

Sorry - mispelt (:)) dreamt. Perhaps the word archaic wasn't the one I meant. Better to say these are older forms which have remained current in modern English. Like using the -en ending as a plural in oxen and children.

MargW

There's a word in common use up here that always seems wrong even thought it's quite correct. In court cases the newspaper reports "Mr X pled guilty to the charge" rather than "Mr X pleaded guilty to the charge"