Turducken & Churkendoose; WD-40

Arnold M. Zwicky zwicky at CSLI.STANFORD.EDU
Thu Nov 15 14:22:50 UTC 2007


On Nov 15, 2007, at 5:23 AM, Charlie Doyle wrote:

> Discussions of--and references to--"turducken" suddenly seem to be
> all over the media and the internet and casual conversations!

it's a thanksgiving thing.  it's come up at this time of year for
several years now.

(despite the wikipedia page's usage "turduckens", i feel some
inclination towards treating "turducken" as having a zero plural.)

arnold

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