singular of chipsy

[Edward M Dumanis]

There is nothing strange here taking into account that a template had 
already been in use for "boots" for a very long time.

Sincerely,

Edward Dumanis <dumanis at buffalo.edu>

On Tue, 24 Feb 2009, John Dunn wrote:

> Out of curiosity I looked this up in all the various dictionaries I could lay my hands on, and those that include the word are in unanimous agreement that чипсы [chipsy] is a plurale tantum.
>
> That being the case we owe a debt of gratitude to Kristen Harkness's waiter, not least because without his robust defence of the supposedly non-existent singular form we would now be contemplating once again the contrast between the Russians with their широкая душа [shirokaia dusha] and the Anglo-Saxons, whose generosity is dispensed in such carefully measured doses that they are actually capable of offering someone a single potato crisp.
>
> John Dunn.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kristen Harkness <kmhst16 at PITT.EDU>
> To: SEELANGS at bama.ua.edu
> Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2009 19:22:47 -0500
> Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] singular of chipsy
>
> A group of us actually asked this of our poor waiter in a Moscow bar a
> couple of years ago.  His answer: "Chips, konechno."
>
> Kristen
>
>
> Kristen Harkness
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> University of Pittsburgh
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> John Dunn
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