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Kind of like how the word "pirogi" is plural (a single dumpling is a "pirog"), but in English multiple pirog are usually referred to as pirogies.
by aplusbi 10y ago
Kind of like how the word "pirogi" is plural (a single dumpling is a "pirog"), but in English multiple pirog are usually referred to as pirogies.
- tetromino_ 10y agoExample in the other direction: "baks" (бакс), from English plural "bucks", was borrowed into Russian as the singular colloquialism for a US dollar. A hundred bucks would be "sto baksov" (~ a hundred buckses).
- apricot 10y agoI got a hundred buckses in my pocketses.
- ksb 10y agoOr how we say "tamale" as the singular of "tamales" when the singular is "tamal" in Spanish.
- Mikeb85 10y agoThere's no such thing as a singular perogy....
- luck_fenovo 10y agoAnd along the same lines, in Italian a sandwich is a panino. In English we call a specific type of sandwich a panini (or, "a sandwiches").
- toomanybeersies 10y agoI recently ordered the Arancino at a local Italian restaurant, and was confused when I got only 1, then I remembered how Italian plurals work.
- comicjk 10y agoAnd the same goes for a biscotti ("a cookies").
- huffmsa 10y agoI'd hazard that all of the prepared food one's come from the vendor having multiples. Nathan's Famous Hotdogs, not singular. As it would be Giovanni's Pannini shop and Boris' Perogi shop.