Re: Usage (was Re: OT: Re: New Address Book in Jaguar 10.2...)
Re: Usage (was Re: OT: Re: New Address Book in Jaguar 10.2...)
- Subject: Re: Usage (was Re: OT: Re: New Address Book in Jaguar 10.2...)
- From: Chris Espinosa <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2002 10:56:25 -0700
On Wednesday, August 28, 2002, at 05:46 AM, richard_howland-bolton
wrote:
apart from humorous formations such as the plural for the VAX
computer as 'vaxen' (prob. by false anal. w. 'vixen') and, to
vaguely return to the topic of this list, 'osaxen'---though I
have seen this given as pseudohebraic 'osaxim' so perhaps it's
merely a nonce word).
No, 'vax' pl. 'vaxen' / 'osax' pl. 'osaxen' are homologous with 'ox'
pl. 'oxen', which is the only English '-xen' plural.
Chris
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