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Cunning linguists

Poncey foreign plurals

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MardyBra · 13/07/2014 09:26

I can't help wincing if I hear someone talking about posting on internet "fora". Or ordering a "panino".

Surely once a word has been assimilated into English we should just use standard English plurals.

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MardyBra · 13/07/2014 22:51

Maybe I should have just posted in aibu...

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Greythorne · 13/07/2014 22:53

My children ask 'please may we have granite' because my DH reckons he can speak Itslian and was once mistaken for an Italian, so fab is his accent. Ahem.

kelpeed · 02/08/2014 23:10

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