To think that the singular of Weetabix is not 'Weetabic'

[doradaisy]

My DtwinSs are in a creche and they love their Weetabix at break time.

Creche worker always give me an account of what they've eaten and tell me they had 'one weetabic each'. I always think to myself 'don't you mean one weetabix' but never say it.

Do I need to get a life?

Of course the singular isn't Weetabic. There is no such thing. YANBU it would vaguely irritate me too in a snurking kind of way.

I would just be happy they are eating Weetabix. Perhaps ther creche worker can't spell or they have pretendy Weetabix called 'Weetabic'.

Hahah! I quite like weetabic, Im sure thats what David Sowerbutts called it in Psycoville too.

*Psychoville

Argh - that is irrationally really annoying

YANBU

Oh I can't spell either. their.

If the singular of weetabix is weetabic, then the singular of ravioli must be raviolus.

I would have to kill her. Seriously.

In our house the plural is weetabi

So is the plural weetabixes?

The singular of Weetabix is 'Brillo Pad'....

I always thought it was one raviolo, two ravioli...

What about texting? As in 'I text her and she text me back...' TEXTED please.

"She sent me a text back". Text is not a verb...

The singular of ravioli is raviolo. And the singular of spaghetti is spaghetto.

It should be raviolo. But raviolus just sounds so much more satisfying

I hate it that people don't decline 'text' when used as a verb. 'He text me to say he was coming, then I text him back' etc. GAH In general I don't like it when nouns get 'verbed' though - eg I still think 'parent' is a noun and am convinced that all the neurosis about being a perfect mummy dates from the point when 'parent' became something you do rather than something you are.

Or hunt a foc....

Or play the sac.

Wait, that sounds a bit

PMSL at this thread

Never thought of it before and my DTs love their weetabixes

Maybe she says weetabic because they don't use weetabix...isn't weetabix just the name, like Asda call their own one wheat biscuits or something

Hmm, granted Cogito, but you can't be writing everything out in full sentences in legal/medical records...just making it clear it is in the past tense is good enough for me.

My son often sneaks a raw spaghetto out of the packet and crunches it while he's waiting for his tea!

So to have sex implies multiple orgasms?

it's got to be one weetabix, two weetabixes hasnt it????

Whatme - I knew I was doing it wrong

Who mentioned sex?