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<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT size=2><SPAN class=421062813-21082005></SPAN>W<SPAN
class=421062813-21082005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=3>hat ever happened
to "buck" (dollar)?</FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT size=2><SPAN class=421062813-21082005></SPAN><SPAN
class=421062813-21082005></SPAN><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT
size=3>H<SPAN class=421062813-21082005>ow is it used?: "to get a bang for
your buck", "a lot of buck", "to make a fast
buck"</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT size=2><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT
size=3><SPAN class=421062813-21082005>(I even heard "twenny
buck")</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT size=2><FONT><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=3><SPAN
class=421062813-21082005></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT><SPAN
class=421062813-21082005></SPAN><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT
size=3>H<SPAN class=421062813-21082005>ow would a lexical entry in a modern
American English dictionary look like that
takes</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT size=2><FONT><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=3><SPAN
class=421062813-21082005></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT><SPAN
class=421062813-21082005></SPAN><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT
size=3>s<SPAN class=421062813-21082005>ingular and plural uses of the word (in
the sense of "dollar" and "money")
look</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT size=2><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT
size=3><SPAN
class=421062813-21082005>like? </SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT size=2><FONT><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=3><SPAN
class=421062813-21082005></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT><SPAN
class=421062813-21082005></SPAN><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT
size=3>T<SPAN class=421062813-21082005>he former German currency
"Mark" never had a plural. The British "quid" seems to be
</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT size=2><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT
size=3><SPAN class=421062813-21082005>used
</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT size=2><FONT
face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=3><SPAN class=421062813-21082005>in
the singular nowadays to my knowledge: 15 quid. The "euro" is used in the
plural.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT size=2><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT
size=3><SPAN class=421062813-21082005>Can someone
</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT size=2><FONT
face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=3>t<SPAN class=421062813-21082005>hink
of a catchy name for the "euro", like "buck" for the "dollar" and "quid"
f</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT size=2><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT
size=3><SPAN class=421062813-21082005>or
</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT size=2><FONT
face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=3><SPAN class=421062813-21082005>the
British pound? </SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT size=2><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT
size=3><SPAN
class=421062813-21082005></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT size=2><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT
size=3><SPAN class=421062813-21082005>Fritz
Goerling</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<BLOCKQUOTE><TT><BR>An interesting English example came to my attention while
I was driving<BR>around town recently. "Sales" can be simply the plural of
"sale", as in<BR>"I made two sales (of houses, cars, etc.) today", but I
noticed it on<BR>a sign saying "Tucson Tire Sales", where the plural form
indicates a<BR>place where something is sold. Also, more abstractly, it can be
used<BR>as a field of work, as in "John is in accounting, Jim is in sales."
It<BR>would seem difficult to treat these usages as just the simple
plural<BR>of "sale", since the semantics don't work
compositionally.<BR><BR> Rudy
Troike<BR><BR><BR></TT></UL></BLOCKQUOTE>
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