Turducken & Churkendoose; WD-40

[Joel S. Berson]

At 11/15/2007 12:06 PM, Arnold M. Zwicky wrote:
>a possible further contribution to "turducken" as plural is the
>surprisingly widespread use of foodstuff nouns as zero plurals, as we
>noted in a discussion here last year that started with "croissant".

As well as for animals, which, in the spirit of Dr. Zeuss, these must
surely be before they become foodstuffs.  (E.g., "17 carp in this koi pond".)

Joel

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