dog-latin plurals; "considerative."

[Wilson Gray]

FWIW, back in the '50's, Shelley Berman, a once well-known stand-up
comedian, used to use "steward[ai]" as the plural of "(airline) stewardess."

-Wilson

On 12/17/05, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at yahoo.com> wrote:
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> Subject:      dog-latin plurals; "considerative."
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>   Randall Somebody on Donald Trump's show, "The Apprentice," after the
> Donald suggested he might hire two apprentices this week :
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>   "It's 'The Apprentice,' not 'The Apprent[ai]."
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>   Rebecca Somebody (no relation) on _Fox & Friends_ this morning
> describing her job offers since coming in second :
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>   "Of those I might accept, several have been considerative."
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>   I think she meant, "worth considering."  OED has "considerative" in (not
> from) 1560 as "To be considered or taken into account."
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>   JL
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