One mink, two mink, three mink (preferred). Or minks. My unabridged Random House states that the plural is mink, but minks may be used, especially when referred "collectively".
Personally, I prefer "minkies" ! It would not surprise me that some 10-20 years from now minks would be widely used and, therefore, end up legitimately in the dictionary. On the other hand, if someone has a more recent dictionary than my own, I wouldn't be surprised if that is already there. Could it be that the word gurus want to avoid confusing minks with minx, an entirely different "animal" ???? taniagr...@msn.com ----- Original Message ----- From: Chris Chileshe Sent: Friday, November 16, 2001 7:45 AM To: 'Ken Javor'; Nerad, Daren HS-SNS; 'John Woodgate'; emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org Subject: RE: Conducted emissions - frequencies lower than 150kHz Is "Minks" the plural for 'Mink' or is it always "Mink" in both singular and plural? Have I been misinformed? Regards - Chris _____________________________________________________________________ This message has been checked for all known viruses by Star Internet delivered through the MessageLabs Virus Scanning Service. For further information visit http://www.star.net.uk/stats.asp or alternatively call Star Internet for details on the Virus Scanning Service. ------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. Visit our web site at: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/emcs/pstc/ To cancel your subscription, send mail to: majord...@ieee.org with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Michael Garretson: pstc_ad...@garretson.org Dave Heald davehe...@mediaone.net For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: ri...@ieee.org Jim Bacher: j.bac...@ieee.org All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: No longer online until our new server is brought online and the old messages are imported into the new server.
