From: Greg Lindahl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
English has super-plurals:
http://d.a.nicolas.free.fr/research/Linnebo-Nicolas-Superplurals.pdf
rgb knows this, but he was pretending like he doesn't use "all-y'all"
all the time...
Anyway, the reason I suggested the OED is that they often have early
usage quotes, which may well include examples of 'codes'. I can only
access the free version, which shows that they do have the definition,
but doesn't include the examples.
-- greg
Wow, that English article reads like a math paper...
This thread is fascinating! It seems to be a convergence of my two
favorite email lists: Beowulf and A Word A Day. Y'all are fantastic! And
RGB, you never cease to amaze me.
You can get more delicious English language tidbits served up at
wordsmith.org/awad/
Rachelle (both a regular computer geek, and a word nerd, and apparently,
not alone! ;)
--
Rachelle Hinrichs
Department of Genetics
Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO
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