Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/12/84; site nbs-amrf.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!qantel!dual!lll-crg!gymble!umcp-cs!nbs-amrf!manheimer From: manheimer@nbs-amrf.UUCP (Ken Manheimer) Newsgroups: net.bizarre Subject: Re: Re: Non-words we already know the meanings of Message-ID: <23@nbs-amrf.UUCP> Date: Sat, 28-Sep-85 23:56:46 EDT Article-I.D.: nbs-amrf.23 Posted: Sat Sep 28 23:56:46 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 5-Oct-85 06:44:38 EDT References: <465@petfe.UUCP> <599@grkermi.UUCP> <185@batman.UUCP> <120@oberon.UUCP> <460@aero.ARPA> Organization: National Bureau of Standards Lines: 14 > In article <120@oberon.UUCP> blarson@oberon.UUCP (Bob Larson) writes: > > >What about the lost singulars? Perhap there isn't one. > > There are the non existant "semantic" singulars: underpant, tweezer, scissor, > and glass (1/2 of a pair of eye-glasses). > > One might also be able to make a case for phonetic singulars such as > a "gee" = one of the members of a flock of geese. *** REPLACE THE SLIME WITH YOUR MESSAGE *** Then there's the everpopular fent (astray from the other fence) and a bok (one of many box) to corral it in. Brought to you by Super Global Mega Corp .com