Re: iPod vs. Walkman (Keith, Alex, Dean . . . and everyone)

From: Rin Watt <katecwatt_at_gmail.com_at_hypermail.org>
Date: Tue, 07 Jul 2009 16:21:34 -0000

one goof, two gooves?

one spoof, two spooves?

...

but when we must say F/S together, as with a knife's point, we manage just fine.... we're just lazy!

Rin

"tschibasch" <tschibasch_at_...> wrote:
>
> One final post about forming plurals: When a word ends in "f" sound, we want to change the spelling to "v", to wit:
>
> knife -> knives
> thief -> thieves
>
> The reason, of course, is that the final plural "s" really sounds like a "z". It is easier to end a word pronouncing "vz" than "fz".
>
Received on 2009-07-07 09:21:56