Kilt versu Kilts

[ForresterModern]

Plural of beer is beers---definite with some regional variations.

Plural of kilt can be a bit more sticky depending on usage. I often say "I am going to wear one of my 10 kilt" but could just as easily say "kilts", depending on my mood (and how much single malt I have in me at the moment).

[Bigkahuna]

Michael Scott: Wikipedia is the best thing ever. Anyone in the world can write anything they want about any subject, so you know you are getting the best possible information.

:crap:

[piperdbh]

...if we agreed that "kilt" were a Gaelic word (notice the subjunctive "were", which is not in fashion anymore), how would we pluralize it using Gaelic rules of grammar? I know not, but some of you do.

Something else that bothers me is referring to graduates of a school or college as "alums". The word is alumni, or alumnae, from the singular alumnus and alumna, respectively.

By the way, someone mentioned earlier that after 20 beers, you might drop the "s". You might drop your kilt, too.

[Ian.MacAllan]

When you have a lot of them, you'd say "Look at all of those kilts" but when referring to it, but asking a person if they wear them, you don't say "Do you wear kilts?" you say "Do you wear the kilt?"

At least, that's how I think of it.

Right on, bp---it's all a matter of context and precise meaning and refusing to yeild the high ground to the adamantly ignorant (such as those who refuse to believe that "chad" is already plural, the singular being "a piece of chad").

Asking "Do you wear kilts?" is asking if you wear several of them simultaneously --- ludicrous.

Cactus Cacti......Kilt Kilti....

Ron

stewardess . . . stewardi . . .



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[macwilkin]

Michael Scott: Wikipedia is the best thing ever. Anyone in the world can write anything they want about any subject, so you know you are getting the best possible information.

...and I have some nice ocean-front property in Nebraska you might be interested in.

Seriously, go repeat that statement to one of your professors or a librarian on campus. I think you might be surprised in their response.

While the original intent of Wikipedia was as you described, the reality in many cases is far different. Wikipedia is verboten as a source in my classes.

Regards,

Todd