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"two high plateaux." TIL the plural of plateau is plateaux in the UK.
by readthenotes1 1y ago
"two high plateaux."
TIL the plural of plateau is plateaux in the UK.
- gnfargbl 1y agoAnd in the USA, also: > plural plateaus also plateaux -- https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/plateau https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/plateau The variant plateaus would be more common in both forks, I think.
- vanderZwan 1y ago> both forks Ha, that's such a funny way to think of it the differences. And actually quite accurate as a description in the case of American English, since Noah Webster actively rejected the original British spelling.
- astrolx 1y agoYeah, the plurral was also just borrowed straight from French
- pantalaimon 1y agoSo are there multiple Bordeaux?
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- ttoinou 1y agoSo you technically have real french words with the same plural rule, huh interesting