OFF: The Residents

Nick Medford nick at HERMIT0.DEMON.CO.UK
Tue Feb 13 17:28:15 EST 2001


In message <Pine.GSO.4.21.0102131606450.1019-100000 at harper.uchicago.e
du>, Arin Komins <akomins at MIDWAY.UCHICAGO.EDU> writes
>On Tue, 13 Feb 2001, Nick Medford wrote:
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>:>No cyclopses, eh?
>:>
>:
>:Now what IS the plural of cyclops? Can it be plural?
>:
>:The kind of dilemma which would make ideal subject matter for a Residents
>:song, in fact.
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>It can be plural.  either cyclopes or cyclopses.
>
>>From the oxford english dictionary:
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>                               OED Entry Search
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>   [1][leftarrow.sm.gif] Next Search (return to the search form)
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>Term: cyclops
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>   Found: one match

Fascinating! And Percy Bysshe Shelley makes another appearance on boc-l.
Why, he's getting to be a regular.
--
Nick Medford



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