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I'm pondering the plual of Furby, HQ.

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ChaosTrulyReigns · 29/01/2013 23:57

And that's the highilght of my day.

Wink
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sausagesandwich34 · 29/01/2013 23:59

quite clearly it is furbies

tsk

ChaosTrulyReigns · 30/01/2013 00:10

tsk, indeed.

Grin
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ChaosTrulyReigns · 30/01/2013 00:10

But do brand names follow traditonal grammatical rools?

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sausagesandwich34 · 30/01/2013 00:34

Ask Toyota about the Prius!

bootsycollins · 30/01/2013 00:51

Domesticated are referred to as Furbies but a pack of feral Furbies in the wild are referred to as Ferbus, I think it comes from the Latin for annoying but cute rip off Grin

RebeccaMumsnet · 30/01/2013 08:48

I think you might be right?

We shall investigate and fix, but while we do here is something utterly distracting to amuse you it is also pretty frightening

RebeccaMumsnet · 30/01/2013 08:59

Well it would look as though you can use both?

Evidence of Furbys from the Guardian and here at the beeb and here

But then the Beeb use Furbies here and so does the Guardian it seems as though both spellings are in use.

Confused
bootsycollins · 01/02/2013 02:06

I blame the government, it's madness. Since We opened our borders to Europe this country has had an influx of Furbies and their feral cousins the Ferbus, they come over here claiming our benefits, trashing the local countryside and have reintroduced football hooliganism. Only last week the local police busted a home grown Furby terror cell, they were planning a riot about crap toys in happy meals, broken Britain.

HelenMumsnet · 01/02/2013 09:52
Grin
ChaosTrulyReigns · 01/02/2013 09:55

Arf, bootsy.

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ChaosTrulyReigns · 01/02/2013 09:56

But thank you, HQ for all your efforst investigating my trivial frippery.

Appreciated.

Smile
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bootsycollins · 01/02/2013 10:01

They are darn cute tho but seriously since the Furby family next door moved in it's been hellish, 24 hour parties and the like, shouting abuse at us from open windows and their encouraging our cat to socialise with them too. I've really had enough of them now Sad

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