annals of countification

[Arnold M. Zwicky]

card from a friend yesterday with a clipping from some publication:

We love it when really good porns are made into even better sequels!

"porns"?, my friend asked.

so i googled away and found plenty of hits for "porns" 'porn movies',
many irrelevant and some from clearly non-native speakers, but also
quite a few good finds:

   Funny names for porns you’ve seen
http://www.yelp.com/topic/boston-funny-names-for-porns-youve-seen

   Top 7 horror porns
http://blog.hotmovies.com/index.php/archive/top-7-horror-porns/

   JAKE’S TAKE: Torture porns are torturing cinema (Part II)
   [Jake] Kilroy continues to have a bone to pick with torture porns ...
http://media.www.dailytitan.com/media/storage/paper861/news/2007/11/08/Opinion/Jakes.Take.Torture.Porns.Are.Torturing.Cinema.part.Ii-3086320.shtml

   Porns and Halos: A Tame Look at Spanish Sex Films
http://www.villagevoice.com/2005-04-05/film/porns-and-halos-a-tame-look-at-spanish-sex-films/

that last "porns" hit also had an instance of "pornos" in it,
referring to porn movies.  see below.  along with some further hits,
including one for "pornos" 'porn magazines'.

   These are actually plain-old pornos, but no one quite concedes that
point.
http://www.villagevoice.com/2005-04-05/film/porns-and-halos-a-tame-look-at-spanish-sex-films/

   There once was a dude name Dash
   who joked about pornos and trash
http://dashofpanache.wordpress.com/2007/12/12/poet-you-know-it/

   Where Does “Expansive Knowledge of Pornos” Go on a Resume?
http://www.utne.com/2008-02-25/GreatWriting/Where-Does-Expansive-Knowledge-of-Pornos-Go-on-a-Resume.aspx?blogid=38

   Pornos rot slower than other magazines
http://www.boingboing.net/2005/08/17/pornos-rot-slower-th.html

also relevant hits for "a porn" and "a porno" (Kevin Smith movie "Zack
and Miri Make a Porno").

in the tradition of count "slang" and "folklore".

arnold

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