I guess the nub of the whole thing is whether this is a case of singular vs. plural,
and we thus run into that thing of whether or not group/collective nouns aresingular or plural, something which is a bit different between UK and US English
and may come down to a case of who is wearing the trouser....----- Original Message ----- From: "Simon Osborne" <outspaced@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <projectaon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, October 27, 2008 10:15 AM Subject: [projectaon] Re: Drakkar v. Drakkarim
Hi LeRoy McSwain LeRoy wrote:I'm curious how grandmaster dever himself feels about it but, per the giak language rules, i'm guessing that he intended 'drakkar' to be singular and 'drakkarim' to be plural but accidentally overused the word 'drakkarim' because it is a more interesting word.Equally, editors without prior familiarity of the world of Magnamund may not have understood the different uses of the words and tried to "fix" it. We are in the fortunate position where we have the text of all the books and can look for trends in the usage of the words--a Search in Files will quickly show where the words are and how they are used.according to dictionary.reference.com, the adjective 'scots' derives from a truncation of 'scottis' an alternate form of 'scottish'. the fact that it looks like the plural form of the noun is apparently a coincidence.Well, you learn something new every day! :-) -- Simon Osborne Project Aon ~~~~~~ Manage your subscription at http://www.freelists.org/list/projectaon
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