...i'm bored. tell me your opinion on this analogy...

[Figit090]

Toyota is to Toyotas as Lexus is to....uh....


??

possible options;
Lexuses (doesn't exactly roll off your tongue, does it?::dunce:
Lexi (heh...uh...yeah)


i was reading The Straight Dope and came across it, i want to know what you would use.
or if you have some other name to call the plural of Lexus.

this post is nearly pointless. dont hate.

 

[Dunckel]

You really are bored aren't you?

 

[JustAnotherVictim]

Lexii

 

[BlackMKIII]

My mother in law is a linguist, and she says that because "Lexus" is not derived from Latin, the correct pluralization of "Lexus" is "Lexuses."

But I just call it "rebadged." :biglaugh:

 

[OneJoeZee]

Lexuses as far as I'm concerned since it's a proper noun.

If I knew two people named James. I wouldn't say "hey, you Jami come here" since that's not their name...

Cactus = cacti. not proper noun

lexus = lexuses. proper noun

Ever heard the phrase "keepin up with the Joneses"? It's not "keepin up with the Joni" or something weird like that.

 

[JustAnotherVictim]

Colossus
pl. Colossi

 

[Figit090]

ah, I must have forgotten what the deal is behind the proper noun thing. i'll have to do some research. I learn things and forget them if i dont consciously think about them i suppose.

thanks for the answers. sadly it didn't take long to get a difinitive one that defeats the discussion. but yeah! haha...thanks.

You really are bored aren't you?

no shit.

 

[LilMissMkIII]

3rd grade English memories....

 

[Figit090]

3rd grade English memories....

leave me be, i'm tired.

 

[BlackMKIII]

My answer wins.

 

[LilMissMkIII]

leave me be, i'm tired.

No :icon_razz

:stickpoke

 

[johnathan1]

LOL^^ Poke him HARDER miss!

 

[LilMissMkIII]

Why don't you, seeing as you have the devices to do so

Oh, and get in Flashchat you bum

 

[Poodles]

plural of Lexus...

is Lexus

trying to remember the other words that the plural is the same...

 

[BlackMKIII]

Moose

 

[Poodles]

YES

there are more, but I'd have to look em up...

 

[BlackMKIII]

Deer

 

[Doward]

Sheep

 

[JustAnotherVictim]

Fish is plural but so is fishes.
Species, series, kudos.....

 

[OneJoeZee]

It doesn't really matter who comes up with the "correct" answer. People will still say what they want.

If I had a dollar for everytime I heard someone verbally pronounce "em kay 3", I'd have a lot of dollars...