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12th November 07, 05:18 PM
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never too many plurals
An interesting double pluralization comes from brogue, the Gaelic for shoe. The plural in Gaelic is broguen or broguan, but somehow in the American South, especially rural areas, "brogans" has come to mean a pair of heavy work shoes/boots that come up to the ankle.
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