2 or 3. The members of the Bloomsbury Group used to joke that "the Woolves"
were coming to dinner. And I used to refer to my employers at L.A. Parent,
Jack and Carey Bierman, as "the Biermen."
--J
On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 10:06 AM, tschibasch <tschibasch_at_yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>
> Hm. What is the plural of "walkman" ?
>
> 1) walkman's
> 2) walkmans
> 3) walkmen
> 4) walksman
> 5) walksmen
>
> John
>
>
> --- In OliveStarlightOrchestra_at_yahoogroups.com<OliveStarlightOrchestra%40yahoogroups.com>,
> jack Watt <jacks6cats_at_...> wrote:
> >
> > Awesome! I still own three walkman's of varying quality--mainly because I
> need somewhere to play my Industrial Waist tape! lol Ah, those were the
> days. I can remember carrying a giant boom box around the promenade prior to
> the walkman. And now I have an Ipod. The Ipod is so much more user friendly!
> > JACK
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ________________________________
> > From: Joy McCann <joy.mccann_at_...>
> > To: OliveStarlightOrchestra_at_yahoogroups.com<OliveStarlightOrchestra%40yahoogroups.com>
> > Sent: Tuesday, June 30, 2009 12:16:19 AM
> > Subject: [OliveStarlightOrchestra] iPod vs. Walkman (Keith, Alex, Dean .
> . . and everyone)
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Oh, holy shit; this is so cool:
> >
> > http://news. bbc.co.uk/ 2/hi/uk_news/ magazine/ 8117619.stm
> >
> > "It took me three days to figure out that there was another side to the
> > tape. That was not the only naive mistake that I made; I mistook the
> > metal/normal switch on the Walkman for a genre-specific equaliser, but
> later
> > I discovered that it was in fact used to switch between two different
> types
> > of cassette."
> > Loves it. Coonsie: you want to loan the kid your film camera?
> >
> > --J
> >
> > Joy M. McCann
> > Goddess of Ink and Paper
> > (But pixels obey me, too.)
> > Mistress of proofreading, fact-checking,
> > Line-editing, and copyediting
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Joy M. McCann
Goddess of Ink and Paper
(But pixels obey me, too.)
Mistress of proofreading, fact-checking,
Line-editing, and copyediting
Copy Write Editorial Services
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