From Alex Reynolds Sent Wed, Mar 10th 1999, 17:48
From Alex Reynolds Sent Wed, Mar 10th 1999, 17:48
>Date: Tue, 9 Mar 1999 23:23:36 -0500 >From: Rjyan C Kidwell <xxxxxxxx@xxxx.xxx> >Subject: Re: (idm) strangelove kubrik > >speaking of plurals of feminine nouns, what the hell is the >plural of "clitoris"? i've been wanting to know that for years. >anybody? alex, maybe? is it 'clitorises?' that just sounds >wrong. but 'clitori' sounds just plain silly. the plural of 'clitoris' doesn't come up much in conversation, unless you're shooting the breeze with an amateur gynecologist, a professional lesbian, or a male IDM listener. i think 'clitorides' is the proper form, though 'clitoriseseses' -- like 'breastses' or any other pseudoplural female naughty bits -- is much more fun to say out loud. -a. __________________________________________________________________________ Alex Reynolds Distributed Support Specialist Department of Biology School of Arts & Sciences Computing University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA