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Pedants' corner

Stag and hen doo's

36 replies

mupperoon · 22/01/2015 21:16

Aaaaaargh!

That's all.

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seaoflove · 22/01/2015 21:18

Totally agree Grin

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

invisiblecrown · 22/01/2015 21:23

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

mupperoon · 22/01/2015 21:31

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

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invisiblecrown · 22/01/2015 21:32

I don't know the difference! Enlighten me!

seaoflove · 22/01/2015 21:32

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

HeartsTrumpDiamonds · 22/01/2015 21:34

Shouldn't that be Mupperoooooooon Wink

HesMyLobster · 22/01/2015 21:39

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

Worse, so much worse!!

invisiblecrown · 22/01/2015 21:41

Oh then yes, i wholeheartedly agree with the OP!

DealForTheKids · 22/01/2015 21:46

Oh and apostrophe on a plural Wink

BeCool · 22/01/2015 21:48

Hen Due Grin

SerenaJoy · 22/01/2015 21:55

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

[gnaws fist]

StrikesMatches · 22/01/2015 21:56

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

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

Newshoesplease · 22/01/2015 21:58

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

Stealthpolarbear · 22/01/2015 21:58

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 · 22/01/2015 22:03

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

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

tribpot · 22/01/2015 22:10

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 · 22/01/2015 22:14

Doo doo Ron Ron Ron?
No?

Stealthpolarbear · 22/01/2015 22:17

:o

HeartsTrumpDiamonds · 22/01/2015 22:24

Scooby dooby dooby doooooo?

iklboo · 22/01/2015 22:28

Is there a que for the hen due?

AgentProvocateur · 22/01/2015 22:32

A doo is a pigeon in Scotland.

morethanpotatoprints · 22/01/2015 22:34

I thought it was doo
thank you very much Thanks
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 Grin

mupperoon · 22/01/2015 23:28

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.

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DadDadDad · 23/01/2015 09:43

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

PetulaGordino · 23/01/2015 10:01

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

"stag does" would be very confusing