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Re: Target Exclusive Trains On Clearance
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Fri, 13 Dec 2002 19:36:19 GMT
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Maggie Cambron wrote:
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> In lugnet.off-topic.fun, William R. Ward writes:
> > Tom Stangl writes:
> > > Start checking daily - the Target in Sunnyvale, CA, had them on
> > > clearance when I checked this morning (bought out all the cabooses)....
> >
> > The correct plural is "cabeese". :-)
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> Actually the three examples of the plural form given in my OED are all
> "cabooses". However, recalling the other times this subject has come up here,
> and considering the identities of those who use the less common form, I have
> concluded that both forms are correct and that the preference is much like
> that of sf over sci fi-- i.e., the word is used as a marker to distinguish
> those who are true trainheads from those who are not.
And the world has changed. I understand some people now consider SF an
abbreviation for Speculative Fiction, not Science Fiction.
Frank
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Message has 1 Reply: ![](/news/x.gif) | | Re: Target Cabeese?
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| They're all wrong. The one true term is STF - scientifiction. Ask Hugo. You cannot be a trufan without STF. (Personally, I think Thomas Disch got the last word on this debate.) You can be skiffie fans if you like that. (...) (22 years ago, 13-Dec-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| (...) Actually the three examples of the plural form given in my OED are all "cabooses". However, recalling the other times this subject has come up here, and considering the identities of those who use the less common form, I have concluded that (...) (22 years ago, 13-Dec-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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