tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459693255389523642.post224683379491565197..comments2023-12-15T02:38:55.020+10:30Comments on Still Life With Cat: I'm not sure 'serendipity' has quite the connotations we wantKerryn Goldsworthyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11270814460793882309noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459693255389523642.post-24291517092511838382009-05-01T07:42:00.000+09:302009-05-01T07:42:00.000+09:30Some some years ago, well known Aust novelist publ...Some some years ago, well known Aust novelist published novel with Hale & Iremonger called Anthrax. Publisher most surprised when novel began to sell like CWA scones in western Queensland....Bernicenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459693255389523642.post-78831448159823253672009-04-28T09:49:00.000+09:302009-04-28T09:49:00.000+09:30Forgot to mention my other favourite thing: words ...Forgot to mention my other favourite thing: words that form the plural by internal vowel mutation. Like goose/geese, tooth/teeth, mouse/mice. Should be more of it. (Internal vowel mutation: a little known symptom of glanders.)<br /><br />Ann oDyne, your neighbour's son sounds like a veritable dude.Alexis, Baron von Harlothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04675225579658733004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459693255389523642.post-2299220532419809972009-04-27T22:29:00.000+09:302009-04-27T22:29:00.000+09:30What's the singular of twice then, hmm?What's the singular of twice then, hmm?Kerryn Goldsworthyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11270814460793882309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459693255389523642.post-80040587239575167252009-04-27T20:23:00.000+09:302009-04-27T20:23:00.000+09:30That's right: remains, debris.
I cuddle dogs, kis...That's right: remains, debris.<br /><br />I cuddle dogs, kiss them, hug them, I've never caught a thing, bar affection.R.H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04639593801088008224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459693255389523642.post-41887799844313976552009-04-27T18:34:00.000+09:302009-04-27T18:34:00.000+09:30... singular of mice + mouse,
singular of rice = r...... singular of mice + mouse,<br />singular of rice = rouse ?<br /><br />Dear Baron Alexis, years ago my neighbour's son, Dr.GP, was obsessed by animal to human infection and tried in vain to get any Vet to work with him on it, so he studied Vet Sci himself.<br />I suppose you could take him your pet and have a joint consult.Ann ODynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01159263330547329077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459693255389523642.post-30222264354969428682009-04-27T17:22:00.000+09:302009-04-27T17:22:00.000+09:30Anyones who saw the exploding skull in last night'...Anyones who saw the exploding skull in last night's episode of <I>Bones</I> would agree with 3C there, I thinks.Kerryn Goldsworthyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11270814460793882309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459693255389523642.post-39156251069307860362009-04-27T17:20:00.000+09:302009-04-27T17:20:00.000+09:30Surely anything than can be scattered are a plural...Surely anything than can be scattered are a plural.ThirdCathttp://adelaidefromadelaide.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459693255389523642.post-83368232420327307272009-04-27T16:55:00.000+09:302009-04-27T16:55:00.000+09:30Oh, this is very cool, Pavlova. Two of my favourit...Oh, this is very cool, Pavlova. Two of my favourite things, transspecies disease and grammar, brought together in one excellent post. My feeling is that 'remains', though seldom seen in the singular, is still a plural noun, and like other plural nouns seldom seen in the singular (scissors, underpants) agrees with a plural verb.Alexis, Baron von Harlothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04675225579658733004noreply@blogger.com