Thread: Errors of new allotment gardeners.
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Old 15-09-2006, 10:52 AM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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Default Errors of new allotment gardeners.
In reply to David Rance ) who wrote this in
, I, Marvo, say :

On Fri, 15 Sep 2006 Uncle Marvo wrote:

Now this is the problem, (disgusting yes I agree), but
is it penises or penie ?

Any experts in grammar/english/plurals here?

It can be either penises or penes.

Oh no, here we go, it can't. It is archaic, because the word has been
absorbed into English.

Not according to the Oxford English Dictionary from whence I got those
plurals.

From memory, the OED still carries the word yclept.

I wouldn't use it.

[goes back to sleep]



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