On Thu, 26 Sep 2002, Bob Miller wrote:

> Dexter Graphic wrote:
> 
> > ox
> > oxen
oxidental
> 
> VAX
> VAXen
vaxenation
> 
> Linux
> Linuxen
Tuxen
> 
> vertex
> vertices
sharp
> suffix
> suffices
wordlets
> Unix
> Unices
but not unique
> 
> alumnus (masculine singular)
> alumni (masculine plural, pronounced uh-LUM-nee)
> alumna (feminine singular)
> alumnae (feminine plural, pronounced uh-LUM-nye in classical Latin,
>          uh-LUM-nay in church Latin)
slacker (gender neutral, vulgar english)

> 
> MS-DOSses?
MS-DOS
MS-DOSage

> Windowses?
Windows
Windows Clustering
Windon't

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