Most names of pasta are in a similar situation: spaghetti is little strings; spaghettis would be little stringses.
"Agenda" is also originally plural.
― Quantum of shoelace (Ye Mad Puffin), Tuesday, 13 November 2018 13:14 (five years ago) link
hippopotamuses s/d hippopotamodes
― mark s, Tuesday, 13 November 2018 13:17 (five years ago) link
Double plurals exist in English "the peoples of the world"
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Tuesday, 13 November 2018 13:23 (five years ago) link
Octopuses, octopodes; clitorises, clitorides.
This is partly why I generally favor pluralizing loanwords using the conventions of English, rather than trying to replicate the pluralizing strategy of the source language. I cringe a little when I hear someone saying "these memoranda" or "syllabi: or "matrices."
― Frank Lloyd RONG (Ye Mad Puffin), Tuesday, 13 November 2018 13:26 (five years ago) link
Or dataWho the fuck says “spaghettis” tho
― coetzee.cx (wins), Tuesday, 13 November 2018 13:29 (five years ago) link
children and ppl pretending to talk like children
― mark s, Tuesday, 13 November 2018 13:31 (five years ago) link
they are the future iirc
― mark s, Tuesday, 13 November 2018 13:32 (five years ago) link
spice up your life
― the Stanley Kubrick of testicular torsion (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 13 November 2018 13:33 (five years ago) link
What is plural of 'zigazig ah' plz
― Carl Perkins and the Gherkin Merkins (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 13 November 2018 13:52 (five years ago) link
zigazag us zigazag ah zigazag um
― mark s, Tuesday, 13 November 2018 13:53 (five years ago) link
(Also, can you plz give me heads up when you change your dn so that I make sure I don't spit take my monitor?)
My 'shockingly old' revelation of the day: a lobster roll is not some fancy sushi thing but rather lobster on a hot dog bun, wtf.
― Carl Perkins and the Gherkin Merkins (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 13 November 2018 13:54 (five years ago) link
Plural of "spaghetti" is "spaghettis-o's"
― Plinka Trinka Banga Tink (Eliza D.), Tuesday, 13 November 2018 13:56 (five years ago) link
whats wrong with matrices!
― unproven (darraghmac), Tuesday, 13 November 2018 14:30 (five years ago) link
first one was fine but reloaded and revolutions were a disappointment imo
― the Stanley Kubrick of testicular torsion (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 13 November 2018 14:32 (five years ago) link
counterpoint: they were all bad not good
― mark s, Tuesday, 13 November 2018 14:41 (five years ago) link
That the plural of “opus” is “opera” wtf
Was that from last night's Jeopardy?
― jmm, Tuesday, 13 November 2018 14:43 (five years ago) link
Okay so what is the plural of 'Bill the Cat' then?
― Carl Perkins and the Gherkin Merkins (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 13 November 2018 14:47 (five years ago) link
bill the's cats
― the Stanley Kubrick of testicular torsion (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 13 November 2018 14:48 (five years ago) link
I was shockingly old when I realized that Bill and Cathy had the same catchphrase.
― Carl Perkins and the Gherkin Merkins (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 13 November 2018 14:52 (five years ago) link
You ought've to known by now.
― pplains, Tuesday, 13 November 2018 15:03 (five years ago) link
(You ought've to known by now.)
Was that from last night's Jeopardy?Yes! I'm visiting CA from Australia and was mesmerised.
― an incoherent crustacean (MatthewK), Tuesday, 13 November 2018 15:17 (five years ago) link
We have so much to teach the world, it's true.
― Carl Perkins and the Gherkin Merkins (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 13 November 2018 15:20 (five years ago) link
hung out with two friends. "money for nothing" came up cuz one of us said "that ain't workin'" or something. they both admitted they were adults before realizing that was sting on backing vox. i thought about explaining this thread to them but, in the end, didn't.
― andrew m., Tuesday, 13 November 2018 15:30 (five years ago) link
/me wonders if they are talking about billy the cat and katie
― koogs, Tuesday, 13 November 2018 15:32 (five years ago) link
Famous + recognizable voices doing backup vocals (eg Jagger on 'You're So Vain', Kate Bush on 'Games Without Frontiers') seems to be perennial 'shocking late-stage revelation' fodder for me.
― Carl Perkins and the Gherkin Merkins (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 13 November 2018 15:47 (five years ago) link
speaking of I always thought the line in "Games" was "she's so funky, yeah" and for a long time I thought "Big Time" was called "Pig Time" because my Dad is a funny, funny man
― frogbs, Tuesday, 13 November 2018 15:50 (five years ago) link
You are otm re: your father.
― Carl Perkins and the Gherkin Merkins (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 13 November 2018 15:53 (five years ago) link
As a kid I always thought the high vocals on "Battle of Evermore" were Plant doing a falsetto. I still can't quite hear them as Sandy Denny.
― jmm, Tuesday, 13 November 2018 15:53 (five years ago) link
Kate Bush on 'Games Without Frontiers'
Wait, really? Now I know.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Tuesday, 13 November 2018 16:03 (five years ago) link
speaking of I always thought the line in "Games" was "she's so funky, yeah"
iirc, there's a live version where they actually sing "she's so funky, yeah," aware that that's how many heard it.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Tuesday, 13 November 2018 16:05 (five years ago) link
i would sing "funk-tual" knowing i had no clue wtf was happening there.
― Hunt3r, Tuesday, 13 November 2018 18:07 (five years ago) link
I still don't, tbh.
(googles)
Ohhhh, a gime!
― Carl Perkins and the Gherkin Merkins (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 13 November 2018 18:13 (five years ago) link
I thought it was "She's so popular" when I was a kid*, rationalising it as an additional playground-centered metaphor for the dominance/acquisition element of war.
"Controlling that country's resources via occupation is very attractive!" "The idea of goosing our beleagured political party's polling via an invasion has excited our members!" "A tall and pretty country is invading another, let's gang up for run-off shine!"
― Sing The Mighty Beat (sic), Tuesday, 13 November 2018 18:59 (five years ago) link
* just listened to the Gabriel, PWEI and Arcade Fire versions and tbh I think I'm sticking with it
― Sing The Mighty Beat (sic), Tuesday, 13 November 2018 19:00 (five years ago) link
xp with puns u missed thread:
stan lee. his born name was stanley. smdh at myself.
― andrew m., Tuesday, 13 November 2018 19:31 (five years ago) link
his surname was lee-ber
― Sing The Mighty Beat (sic), Tuesday, 13 November 2018 19:34 (five years ago) link
so there's levels! see, i'm still learning.
― andrew m., Tuesday, 13 November 2018 19:44 (five years ago) link
And I heard he wanted to keep his real name for "serious" writing.
― nickn, Tuesday, 13 November 2018 19:45 (five years ago) link
if only he'd had the time :( taken too soon
― Sing The Mighty Beat (sic), Tuesday, 13 November 2018 20:00 (five years ago) link
good write, sweet prints
― unproven (darraghmac), Tuesday, 13 November 2018 20:02 (one minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― unproven (darraghmac), Tuesday, 13 November 2018 20:04 (five years ago) link
That "not if I see you first" following "see you later" is an insult
― Clam up, seal dick (fionnland), Sunday, 18 November 2018 23:42 (five years ago) link
(eg Jagger on 'You're So Vain', Kate Bush on 'Games Without Frontiers')
A lesser known example's that 1 hit wonder "Screaming Jets" by Johnny Warman. Which had Gabriel singing in the choruses which I only realised a few years ago.
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Monday, 19 November 2018 00:14 (five years ago) link
That there were two mayors Richard Daley of Chicago! Somehow my brain just never made the connection that the "Mayor Daley" associated with historical events in the 1960s couldn't possibly be the "Mayor Daley" who was the mayor until just a few years ago. (I don't live in Chicago, so maybe this is just a little more forgivable)
― Dan I., Thursday, 29 November 2018 22:20 (five years ago) link
Maybe "Richard Daley" is really just an ceremonial title bestowed upon all Chicago mayors
― Dan I., Thursday, 29 November 2018 22:21 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/x5EoGDi.jpg
― pplains, Thursday, 29 November 2018 22:36 (five years ago) link
There's another Daley running for mayor next year (because of course there is). He isn't a Richard yet but I expect that to change any day now.
― you guys did not understance his stlye of english (Old Lunch), Thursday, 29 November 2018 22:42 (five years ago) link
that "express yourself" is based on "respect yourself" by the staples sisters???! HOW COULD I HAVE NOT KNOWN THAT
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 29 November 2018 23:15 (five years ago) link
Kate Bush on 'Games Without Frontiers'Wait, really? Now I know.
How did I not know this when listening to it noe, it's so fucking obvious?
― Ned Trifle X, Thursday, 29 November 2018 23:28 (five years ago) link
*now
― Ned Trifle X, Thursday, 29 November 2018 23:29 (five years ago) link