Posted by Buck Frobisher on December 11, 2004, 4:58 am
> On Thu, 9 Dec 2004 18:28:43 -0500, mike@POSTTOGROUP.invalid (Mike
> Rosenberg) wrote:
>>> You're driving an adverb! :-)
>>
>>LOL! And, of course, you don't pluralize an adverb at all.
> Maybe we should use it as we do sheep, shrimp and you, singular or
> plural depending on context.
> "Mr.Dealer, how many Prius do you have on your lot today?"
> "I have ten Prius being prepped right now. Want one?"
> Sounds more elegant than Prii or Priuses.
> Rod
Agreed!
Posted by Michael Pardee on December 11, 2004, 2:14 pm
> On Thu, 9 Dec 2004 18:28:43 -0500, mike@POSTTOGROUP.invalid (Mike
> Rosenberg) wrote:
> Maybe we should use it as we do sheep, shrimp and you, singular or
> plural depending on context.
> "Mr.Dealer, how many Prius do you have on your lot today?"
> "I have ten Prius being prepped right now. Want one?"
> Sounds more elegant than Prii or Priuses.
> Rod
That whole "awkwardness" thing is the main problem. "Prius" (plural) sounds
weird when I say it but okay when I write it, kind of like saying "fishes."
I often end up mangling the spoken version into something like "priusoosie"
when I speak it without giving enough thought to it ahead of time.
Here in Arizona we are a y'all-optional state. We even have people who use
the other second person plural forms of "you" from around the US: "you-uns"
and "youse." With something that common in disarray the plural of this car
model doesn't bother me all that much. Take care now, y'hear?
Mike
Posted by Michelle Steiner on December 11, 2004, 6:06 pm
> Here in Arizona we are a y'all-optional state. We even have people
> who use the other second person plural forms of "you" from around the
> US: "you-uns" and "youse." With something that common in disarray the
> plural of this car model doesn't bother me all that much. Take care
> now, y'hear?
Youse guys all have a good point.
--
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Posted by Mike Rosenberg on December 11, 2004, 2:53 pm
> Maybe we should use it as we do sheep, shrimp and you, singular or
> plural depending on context.
>
> "Mr.Dealer, how many Prius do you have on your lot today?"
> "I have ten Prius being prepped right now. Want one?"
>
> Sounds more elegant than Prii or Priuses.
How about using the Hebrew form, Priusim?
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Posted by John Baker on August 11, 2005, 12:25 am
How about Prei
Not certain about the spelling.
>"I had a Prius then, and loved it. In fact, I've now had three Prii since
>they first came out."
>Sounds kinda funny, but would "priusses" be better?
>Just stirring the pot, pretty quiet here lately.
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> Rosenberg) wrote:
>>> You're driving an adverb! :-)
>>
>>LOL! And, of course, you don't pluralize an adverb at all.
> Maybe we should use it as we do sheep, shrimp and you, singular or
> plural depending on context.
> "Mr.Dealer, how many Prius do you have on your lot today?"
> "I have ten Prius being prepped right now. Want one?"
> Sounds more elegant than Prii or Priuses.
> Rod