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<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT size=2><SPAN class=625433912-23082005></SPAN>N<SPAN
class=625433912-23082005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=3>ice
creative invention of a German-sounding plural "bageln" in English,
David!</FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT size=2><SPAN class=625433912-23082005></SPAN><SPAN
class=625433912-23082005></SPAN><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT
size=3>H<SPAN class=625433912-23082005>ere are some plural-endings in
German which are totally irregular and
which</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT size=2><FONT><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=3><SPAN
class=625433912-23082005></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT><SPAN
class=625433912-23082005></SPAN><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT
size=3>I<SPAN class=625433912-23082005> cannot explain having learnt them
automatically since childhood:</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=625433912-23082005></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=625433912-23082005>
sg.
pl.</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=625433912-23082005>der
Schlüssel (key) die
Schlüssel</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT size=2><FONT><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=3><SPAN
class=625433912-23082005></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT><SPAN
class=625433912-23082005></SPAN></FONT><FONT size=3><FONT face=Arial><FONT
color=#0000ff>d<SPAN class=625433912-23082005>ie</SPAN><SPAN
class=625433912-23082005>Schüssel (bowl) die
Schüssel- n</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT size=2><FONT><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=3><SPAN
class=625433912-23082005></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT><SPAN
class=625433912-23082005></SPAN><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT
size=3>d<SPAN class=625433912-23082005>ie Katze
(cat)
die Katze-n</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=625433912-23082005>der Hund
(dog)
die Hund-e </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=625433912-23082005>das Kind
(child)
die Kind-er</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=625433912-23082005>das Haus
(house) die
Häus-er</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=625433912-23082005>die Maus
(mouse) die
Mäus-e</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=625433912-23082005>das Auto
(car)
die Auto-s</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=625433912-23082005>der Hafen
(harbour) die
Häf-en</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=625433912-23082005>das Dorf
(village) die
Dörf-er</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=625433912-23082005></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=625433912-23082005>I can understand that foreigners have
problems to memorize all these
irregularities</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=625433912-23082005></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=625433912-23082005>So the question in the subject line
"lexical entries as singulars or plurals" should
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=625433912-23082005>for German "lexical entries as singulars
and plurals."</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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size=3><SPAN
class=625433912-23082005></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=625433912-23082005>Fritz
Goerling</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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size=3><SPAN
class=625433912-23082005></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT><BR><BR> </DIV></FONT></FONT>
<BLOCKQUOTE><TT>Cool! (I just invented bageln for fun.)<BR><BR>--David
T<BR><BR>billposer@alum.mit.edu wrote:<BR><BR>> Dave Tuggy wrote:<BR>>
>>Go for it, Fritz! And eat lots of loxen and bageln along the
way.<BR>><BR>> Actually, if memory serves me right (my Yiddish is not
the best),<BR>> bagel has the irregular plural bagelach, on the same
pattern<BR>> as kinderlach "children".<BR>><BR>> --<BR>> Bill
Poser, Linguistics, University of Pennsylvania<BR></TT></BLOCKQUOTE><!-- |**|end egp html banner|**| -->
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