Comments on: Aftermath http://www.prepoceros.com/2008/09/16/aftermath/ Horn o'plenty. A cornucopia, if you will. Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:18:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Patty http://www.prepoceros.com/2008/09/16/aftermath/comment-page-1/#comment-683 Patty Sun, 21 Sep 2008 00:36:02 +0000 http://prepoceros.com/?p=526#comment-683 Sorry about Johns brothers house!!! Glad they are ok. Sorry about Johns brothers house!!! Glad they are ok.

]]> By: clytemnestra http://www.prepoceros.com/2008/09/16/aftermath/comment-page-1/#comment-682 clytemnestra Thu, 18 Sep 2008 17:51:20 +0000 http://prepoceros.com/?p=526#comment-682 wow there's a whole nerd discussion online. . . http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080623061802AA3oism wow there’s a whole nerd discussion online. . .

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080623061802AA3oism

]]> By: Natalie http://www.prepoceros.com/2008/09/16/aftermath/comment-page-1/#comment-681 Natalie Thu, 18 Sep 2008 17:39:54 +0000 http://prepoceros.com/?p=526#comment-681 But 'wolf' is as Old English as can be, and M-W only gives "wolves" as its plural. So if there is a rule that differentiates these cases, it's not that one. I don't have the book in front of me, but I understand the French-German-s rule to cover only modernish French and German. If we call all Old English German, then we get things like "childs." "Rooves" is listed in M-W as a possible plural, as are "hoofs" and "calfs." But ‘wolf’ is as Old English as can be, and M-W only gives “wolves” as its plural. So if there is a rule that differentiates these cases, it’s not that one.

I don’t have the book in front of me, but I understand the French-German-s rule to cover only modernish French and German. If we call all Old English German, then we get things like “childs.”

“Rooves” is listed in M-W as a possible plural, as are “hoofs” and “calfs.”

]]> By: clytemnestra http://www.prepoceros.com/2008/09/16/aftermath/comment-page-1/#comment-680 clytemnestra Wed, 17 Sep 2008 18:06:22 +0000 http://prepoceros.com/?p=526#comment-680 so lots of free time. . .and internet at home (plus power and water and gas, it's special) Steven Pinker (in Words and Rules) says that words borrowed from French or German have regular English plurals (-s); m-w.com says that roof is from "Middle English, from Old English hr?f; akin to Old Norse hr?f roof of a boathouse and perhaps to Old Church Slavic strop? roof" - since English is Germanic, i figure this might cover it. . . hhmmmmm so lots of free time. . .and internet at home (plus power and water and gas, it’s special)

Steven Pinker (in Words and Rules) says that words borrowed from French or German have regular English plurals (-s); m-w.com says that roof is from “Middle English, from Old English hr?f; akin to Old Norse hr?f roof of a boathouse and perhaps to Old Church Slavic strop? roof” – since English is Germanic, i figure this might cover it. . .

hhmmmmm

]]> By: clytemnestra http://www.prepoceros.com/2008/09/16/aftermath/comment-page-1/#comment-679 clytemnestra Wed, 17 Sep 2008 17:43:13 +0000 http://prepoceros.com/?p=526#comment-679 why not rooves. . . . roof - rooves, hoof - hooves, leaf - leaves, wolf - wolves, calf - calves word seems to like roofs. . . . why not rooves. . . .

roof – rooves, hoof – hooves, leaf – leaves, wolf – wolves, calf – calves

word seems to like roofs. . . .

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