Stag and hen doo's

[mupperoon]

Aaaaaargh!

That's all.

[seaoflove]

Totally agree

I even have to elongate the "oo" sound when I read it.

[invisiblecrown]

Mine was fab! We had a house party with my mates and all of my female relatives! No trashy cliches allowed!

[mupperoon]

But was it a do or a doo(oooooo)?

[invisiblecrown]

I don't know the difference! Enlighten me!

[seaoflove]

Haha! Mupperoon is complaining about the misspelling, not the concept of stag and hen parties.

[HeartsTrumpDiamonds]

Shouldn't that be Mupperoooooooon

[HesMyLobster]

I have a friend who always writes due as in Stag Due/ Hen Due

Worse, so much worse!!

[invisiblecrown]

Oh then yes, i wholeheartedly agree with the OP!

[DealForTheKids]

Oh and apostrophe on a plural

[BeCool]

Hen Due

[SerenaJoy]

I hate the term with the fire of a thousand suns.

[gnaws fist]

[StrikesMatches]

"I'm going on my bff's hens."

Unless she has chicken slippers, no, you're not.

[Newshoesplease]

lobster I know a group who all write "hen due, work xmas due" etc. Boils my blood.

[Stealthpolarbear]

Dh talks about dooooooooos
But he does it ironically
They seem to be called hens these days anyway. 'Do' is just a syllable too far

[PetulaGordino]

Doo makes me think of poo (doo doo perhaps?)

Which does mean that "stag/hen doo" actually makes sense

[tribpot]

doo is a Scots word for pigeon. "Hen pigeon" takes it to a new level.

Interesting question about how you pluralise 'do' like hen do or hair-do. "Does" doesn't look right because you don't pronounce it 'dooz'. "Dos" doesn't look right because you would pronounce it 'doss'.

[Wolfiefan]

Doo doo Ron Ron Ron?
No?

[Stealthpolarbear]

:o

[HeartsTrumpDiamonds]

Scooby dooby dooby doooooo?

[iklboo]

Is there a que for the hen due?

[AgentProvocateur]

A doo is a pigeon in Scotland.

[morethanpotatoprints]

I thought it was doo
thank you very much
Some of us weren't taught very well.

I do like reading these threads though, I learn so much. It's like a little English lesson.

OP, I think it may have been my post you saw/ sore
just kidding

[mupperoon]

iklboo I don't know whether to laugh or cry!

tribpot Hmmm, luckily the plural of dos (hen ones specifically) has not been a problem for me hitherto!

morethan Apologies, your post did remind me to start the thread, but I'd been meaning to doo it for a while, having noticed a spate of does round Xmas.

It is Pedants' Corner after all.

[DadDadDad]

mupperoon - you wrote Xmas. Erk. Or is it only me who finds that abbreviation a bit ugly? (Not sure why).

[PetulaGordino]

do you find it ugly in centuries-old manuscripts? it's a very very old abbreviation

"stag does" would be very confusing