-----Original Message----- From: Richard A. O'Keefe [SMTP:ok@atlas.otago.ac.nz] Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2000 6:38 PM To: squeak@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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