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   XPost: alt.usage.english, rec.arts.books.tolkien   
   From: robban1@bigpond.com   
      
   On 28/08/11 2:52 AM, Noel Q. von Schneiffel wrote:   
   > On Aug 27, 1:29 pm, Duggy  wrote:   
   >> On Aug 25, 7:19 pm, "Noel Q. von Schneiffel"   
   >>   wrote:   
   >>> On a related note, the true singular of "arrows" is "arf", which is   
   >>> simply an onomatopoeic approximation of the sound people make when hit   
   >>> with one.   
   >>   
   >> Dwarf - Dwarrow:  Dopey is the most popular dwarf from "Snow White and   
   >> the Seven Dwarrow."   
   >> Barf - Barrow:  It was the first barf of many barrow during that bout   
   >> of illness.   
   >> Hedgef - Hedgerow:  I planted the first hedgef and will finish the   
   >> Hedgerow tomorrow.   
   >> Staff - Stafrow:  He was not only the best member not only of the   
   >> staff at our office, but of any of the stafrow in the company.   
   >> Oaf - Oarow:  He was the biggest oaf of all the oarow I have met.   
   >> Loaf - Loarow:  It was the best loaf of all the loarow at the bakers.   
   >> Beef - Beerow:  Beef again tonight?  How many beerow in a row is that?   
   >> Reef - Reerow:  Of all the reerow I've visited the Great Barrier Reef   
   >> is the closest.   
   >> Surf - Surrow:  The surf that morning was the best surrow of the the   
   >> week.   
   >   
   > Precisely, Mr. Duggy! But this is the kind of revolutionary scientific   
   > breakthrough that people like Mr. Weland are unable and unwilling to   
   > grasp, because it shatters their old belief systems.   
   >   
   > There is yet another truth I can reveal. The plural of 'mouse', as we   
   > all know, is 'mice'. Reversely, the singular of 'spice' is revealed to   
   > be 'spouse'.   
   >   
   > This proves that the old Anglo-Saxons practiced polygamy. Because they   
   > enshrined into their language that having one spouse is boring; whilst   
   > the presence of several 'spice' made life, well, spicy. I think we   
   > should all take this as a lesson and return to the traditional ways of   
   > our ancestors.   
      
   If a man be but putty in the hands of a woman, what shall he be in the   
   hands of many?   
      
      
   --   
   Robert Bannister   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)