What word has a plural that itself takes a plural (a "pluralses")?
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What word has a plural that itself takes a plural (a "pluralses")? [ Editor: problem statement reconstructed from the postings. ]
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[ Editor: from the crossword-games (Scrabble) mailing list, November 1994; the word lists meant are those used for Scrabble. ] I'm afraid I'm the CIRRI culprit. However, the word I was thinking about is even better: CERCUS CERCI CERCIS CERCISES -- Charles Goldstein <scrabble@netcom.com> Unfortunately, while these are all acceptable words, CERCIS is not listed as a plural for CERCI. :-( -- John Chew <jjchew@math.utoronto.ca>