"Carl's Lounge" (Off-Topic Discussion, Traditional Knife "Tales & Vignettes")

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Just Tom. said:
“The experts” does sound very authoritative, and it seems to make sense… must be true I guess!

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I'm still under the bus where Merriam-Webster threw me! o_O

But I've learned all kinds of interesting factoids about the etymology of "bus".

As someone interested in mathematics who has even occasionally taught a History of Mathematics course, I was fascinated to learn that Blaise Pascal, renowned 17th century French mathematician/philosopher/theologian, came up with the idea of what we'd call bus service in Paris in 1661 (a nice palindromic year). And the word "bus" is a contraction of the original word "omnibus" that was used for high-volume public transportation. (Took me a while to figure out why they called it an "omnibus", the dative case of the Latin word "omnia", a plural that means "all" or "everyone". But dative case is used for indirect objects, and "omnibus" could be translated as "for everyone".)

And here's a link to a discussion of the plural of "bus":
https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/plural-of-bus
It mentions that, although "buses" is now the most commonly used plural for "bus", the Meriam-Webster dictionary used "busses" as the preferred plural until 1961 (exactly 300 years after Pascal's idea)! No wonder I prefer that version: I'm sure that I learned to spell "bus" and "busses" long before I was 10 years old, in 1961!!

I propose that in the traditional forum, we continue to use the traditional plural "busses", and similarly accept "Camillusses" as the plural of "Camillus". 🤓

- GT
 
5K Qs said:
I propose that in the traditional forum, we continue to use the traditional plural "busses", and similarly accept "Camillusses" as the plural of "Camillus". 🤓
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You have convinced me, and screened porch screened porch owes you a dozen (or two dozen :D)*** kolaches for your impassioned defense of his Camillusses:thumbsup:.

Also, in the future I think I will seek out and use alternate and lesser-used plurals wherever possible. It sounds like fun, and suits my contrarian nature.

I think we can all agree that the beauty of the English language lies in its consistent use of simple rules :rolleyes:.

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Or Dozens of them for that matter…
 
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Just Tom. said:
You have convinced me, and screened porch screened porch owes you a dozen (or two dozen :D)*** kolaches for your impassioned defense of his Camillusses:thumbsup:.

Also, in the future I think I will seek out and use alternate and lesser-used plurals wherever possible. It sounds like fun, and suits my contrarian nature.

I think we can all agree that the beauty of the English language lies in its consistent use of simple rules :rolleyes:.

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Or Dozens of them for that matter…
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I love the inconsistencies and seeming arbitrariness of English. 'Tis a versatile tongue, verily.
 
Just Tom. said:
You have convinced me, and screened porch screened porch owes you a dozen (or two dozen :D)*** kolaches for your impassioned defense of his Camillusses:thumbsup:.

Also, in the future I think I will seek out and use alternate and lesser-used plurals wherever possible. It sounds like fun, and suits my contrarian nature.

I think we can all agree that the beauty of the English language lies in its consistent use of simple rules :rolleyes:.

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Or Dozens of them for that matter…
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Whoa! :cool::cool::thumbsup:
I never noticed that about "dozen", but I guess it's consistent with what we do with other words denoting a specific amount (e.g., "thousand" or "hundred" (but apparently not "ten" because we change "four ten" to "forty"). I have a hundred knives; you have three hundred knives; I don't know how many Vince has, but it has to be hundreds.

- GT
 
5K Qs said:
Whoa! :cool::cool::thumbsup:
I never noticed that about "dozen", but I guess it's consistent with what we do with other words denoting a specific amount (e.g., "thousand" or "hundred" (but apparently not "ten" because we change "four ten" to "forty"). I have a hundred knives; you have three hundred knives; I don't know how many Vince has, but it has to be hundreds.

- GT
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I wish I had hundreds of knives. Or even a dozen dozen. I have maybe five dozen.
In a jury trial once, defense counsel tried to discredit one of the opposing witnesses because he was a knife collector. Testimony was that he had "about a thousand." So in closing argument, counsel referred to him as "the man of a thousand knives"!
Now I think Jack Black Jack Black truly is a man of a thousand knives, and that's kinda awesome.
 
Prester John said:
I wish I had hundreds of knives. Or even a dozen dozen. I have maybe five dozen.
In a jury trial once, defense counsel tried to discredit one of the opposing witnesses because he was a knife collector. Testimony was that he had "about a thousand." So in closing argument, counsel referred to him as "the man of a thousand knives"!
Now I think Jack Black Jack Black truly is a man of a thousand knives, and that's kinda awesome.
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I hope I never end up in the dock! 😱😉👍
 
waynorth said:
The town of Camillus, NY, was named after an ancient Roman General of that name, and the only town with that name in the USA!!
Hence, it is Latin; therefore the plural would be Camilli !!
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What is the history of Camillus?

Founded on March 8, 1799, the Town of Camillus is named after the Roman general Marcus Furius Camillus and is the only Town in the United States to bear that name. The Town of Camillus occupies nearly 35 square miles of land, which includes Fairmount, Amboy-Belle Isle, Warners, and the Village of Camillus.
knarfeng said:
Winner!
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I agree!
My oldest son is a Camillus resident. Now, the question becomes, what do you call a person who lives in Camillus? Camilluburger? Camillonian? Camiller? This could go on and on..........
 
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