[2.8alpha][GOODIE][FIX] Client Server Framework (very basic)
Jarvis, Robert P. (Contingent)
Jarvisb at timken.com
Thu Mar 30 13:24:13 UTC 2000
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Richard A. O'Keefe [SMTP:ok at atlas.otago.ac.nz]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2000 6:38 PM
> To: squeak at cs.uiuc.edu
> Subject: RE: [2.8alpha][GOODIE][FIX] Client Server Framework (very
> basic)
>
> > rendezvouss (??? How the heck do you make that plural ???).
> There
>
> rendevouses
>
> WRONG. Why not check a dictionary before answering?
>
> rendezvous (RON-day-voo) roudezvousing, rendezvoused;
> a rather formal word. The form 'rendezvous' is
> pronounced (RON-day-vooz) when it is the plural of
> the noun or the third person singular of the verb.
> ...
> [start of entry in Collins COBUILD dictionary, with
> phonetic spelling changed to fit into ASCII.]
>
> In short, the _spelling_ of 'rendezvous' is not changed
> when the -s morpheme is added, but the pronunciation _is_.
>
Well, actually, if you check the following
http://machaut.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/WEBSTER.sh?WORD=rendezvous
you'll find that (in 1913, at least) the plural of "rendezvous" was actually
"rendezvouses", although it was considered rare even then. Just goes to
show how languages evolve.
Bob Jarvis
Compuware @ Timken
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