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   Message 43,897 of 45,517   
   Peter J Ross to Cujo DeSockpuppet   
   Re: "Metamorphesis"-Ovid   
   20 Dec 25 19:15:01   
   
   From: pjr@example.invalid   
      
   On 2025-12-20, Cujo DeSockpuppet  wrote:   
      
   > Peter J Ross  wrote in news:mqoa79Fa2e2U12   
   > @mid.individual.net:   
   >   
   >> On 2025-12-20, Cujo DeSockpuppet  wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> mpsilvertone@yahoo-dot-com.no-spam.invalid (HarryLime) wrote in   
   >>> news:K2mdnaO-rLZfT9v0nZ2dnZfqnPqdnZ2d@giganews.com:   
   >>>   
   >>>>> WillDockery wrote:   
   >>>>> And, as mentioned earlier, one of the greatest Rolling Stones albums,   
   >>>>> released in the Summer of 1975 at the height of my Stones fandom, was   
   >>>>> "Metamorphosis":   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metamorphosis_(Rolling_Stones_album)   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> So I can see how the confusion comes in, with so many relatively   
   >>>>> recent works using that spelling for a title.   
   >>>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>> OMFG! It isn't a matter of spelling, Donkey.  One is the singular   
   >>>> form, the other is the plural.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> One metamorphosis, two metamorphoses.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Ovid wrote about numerous metamorphoses, hence the plural form.   
   >>>   
   >>> If you think this is bad, you ought to see his "poetry".   
   >> If you think this is bad, you ought to see his "living room".   
   > If you think this is bad, you ought to see his decaying toofers.   
   If you think this is bad, you ought to see his Zah-rooow performance.   
      
      
      
      
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