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From: mie@panda.UUCP (Martin I. Eiger)
Newsgroups: net.puzzle
Subject: Re: still more word games
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Date: Sat, 4-May-85 19:56:52 EDT
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Posted: Sat May  4 19:56:52 1985
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> name a word that is a plural (ends with an S), and if we add another S,
> it takes on an entirely different meaning.

I came up with a few.  In addition to needles(s), which has already been
posted, I have:

	asses	assess
	bas	bass
	bras	brass
	cares	caress
	dos	doss
	las	lass
	mis	miss
	mus	muss
	pis	piss
	princes	princess

Depending on which dictionary you like, some of these might not work.


                                                Martin Eiger
                                                ...genrad!teddy!mie