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Dr Preference wants to hear your stories about fighting. Ever started a fight? Ever seen a spectacular bar brawl? Or did you hide in a kebab shop when chased by West Ham football hoolies? The first rule of B3ta Fight Club is that you WILL talk about B3ta Fight Club.

(, Thu 14 Mar 2013, 11:04)
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It's interesting which Latin plurals we use and which we don't
People say "crises" but they don't say "penes", in fact they're more likely to mistake penis for a second-declension noun and say "peni", or use the correct English plural "penises". While we're in that area, "testes" as the plural of testis is commonly used, while "pelves" as the plural of pelvis isn't. Third-declension nouns that come from Greek have even more fun plurals - my favourite has to be "clitorides" though it doesn't come up in conversation often, but if someone says "octopi" I'll often mutter "octopodes" under my breath like some kind of OCD grammar freak :/
(, Sat 16 Mar 2013, 10:01, 1 reply)
I always use 'octopodes'
And people who use 'referenda' clearly don't understand Latin grammar.
(, Sat 16 Mar 2013, 10:51, closed)
I like to make up pseudo plurals just to upset people in exactly this manner.

(, Sat 16 Mar 2013, 16:01, closed)
I think you mean "plurali".

(, Sat 16 Mar 2013, 16:58, closed)

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