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From: showard@udenva.UUCP (showard)
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Subject: Re: still more word games
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Date: Tue, 7-May-85 17:51:05 EDT
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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
        posses  possess

> Depending on which dictionary you like, some of these might not work.
> 
> 
>                                                 Martin Eiger
>                                                 ...genrad!teddy!mie