The plural of weetabix" is ...

[Neal Whitman]

You're looking at it the wrong way. The *singular* must be "weetabic(k)".

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From: "Joel S. Berson" <Berson at ATT.NET>
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Subject: Re: The plural of weetabix" is ...


> Is the plural of weetabix "weetabices"?  (Or merely "weetabix", in
> which case one can't tell whether "I bought the kids weetbix" is
> singular, plural, or mess.)
> 
> Joel
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