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Huh. Wonder what kinds of forces drive the pluralization (or lack thereof) of nouns in English dialects? Your comment reminded me of another one that sounds odd
by mos_basik 4y ago
Huh. Wonder what kinds of forces drive the pluralization (or lack thereof) of nouns in English dialects? Your comment reminded me of another one that sounds odd to my American ears: "maths," as in "Tommy's always been very sharp at maths."
- Handytinge 4y agoOh yeah, Americans saying maths wrong really grinds my gears. Why use a singular? It's not short for mathamatic!