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If there was more than one Illinois, would they be called Illinoises or Illinoi? (lemmy.ml)
submitted 11 months ago by fl42v@lemmy.ml to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world
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Off the top of my head, I can't think of a word in English that ends with "is" while being singular, only plurals and uncountables come to mind, so I can't really follow the examples of other words. What makes it even weirder, I'm not sure how to pronounce Illinoises... Would it be as written, or as if an Illinois was pronounced by someone who has never encountered it before? Illinoi are also meh, since now plural looks as a singular and the other way round.

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[-] Oisteink@feddit.nl 4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Example: “Can I have one scissors please?”

“I’m afraid you can not! We are not having any scissors left…“

[-] hperrin@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

Just the one scissor?

[-] Oisteink@feddit.nl 1 points 11 months ago

Someone had bough all the other scissor

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