Re: MGC in Owl monkies

From: pete (pfiland_at_mindspring.com)
Date: 01/23/05 

Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2005 11:40:45 GMT

John Wilkins wrote:
>
> Philip Deitiker <Donevenask@worlnet.att.net> wrote:
>
> > pdunkel@palebluedot.net (Dunk) says in
> > news:41f2a7a5.386265@news.east.earthlink.net:
> >
> > > Rats! typos in titles slip by so easily. Make that MHC in monkey
> > > owls, er, I mean owl oowwwll ...
> > > anyway its just fyi for the one here who would be interested.
> >
> > I was the Fist person to see the error BTW, even before Wilkins.
> > %^).
>
> I just couldn't make a pun out of MGC, that's all...

Regarding the subject line "MGC in Owl monkies"
the rule for making plurals, is to add an 's' to the end of a word.
Two exceptions are words already ending in 's'
and words ending with a consonant followed by the letter 'y'.

Monkeys 

-- 
pete

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