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<div style="direction: rtl;"><span
style="display: block; padding-left: 6em; direction: rtl;"><span><span
style="font-weight: bold;">Tamir</span>: you know what plurals don't
make sense?</span></span>
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style="display: block; float: left; color: rgb(136, 136, 136); direction: rtl;">
</span><span
style="display: block; padding-left: 6em; direction: rtl;"><span><span
style="font-weight: bold;">Tamir</span>: moose -> moose</span></span></div>
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style="display: block; float: left; color: rgb(136, 136, 136); direction: rtl;"> </span><span
style="display: block; padding-left: 6em; direction: rtl;"><span>goose
-> geese</span></span></div>
<div style="direction: rtl;"><span
style="display: block; float: left; color: rgb(136, 136, 136); direction: rtl;"> </span><span
style="display: block; padding-left: 6em; direction: rtl;"><span>mongoose
-> mongooses</span></span></div>
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style="display: block; float: left; color: rgb(136, 136, 136); direction: rtl;"> </span><span
style="display: block; padding-left: 6em; direction: rtl;"><span><span
style="font-weight: bold;">me</span>: :)</span></span></div>
<div style="direction: rtl;"><span
style="display: block; float: left; color: rgb(136, 136, 136); direction: rtl;">10:15
PM </span><span
style="display: block; padding-left: 6em; direction: rtl;"><span><span
style="font-weight: bold;">Tamir</span>: it's ridiculous o_0</span></span></div>
<div style="direction: rtl;"><span
style="display: block; float: left; color: rgb(136, 136, 136); direction: rtl;"> </span><span
style="display: block; padding-left: 6em; direction: rtl;"><span><span
style="font-weight: bold;">me</span>: mongeese</span></span></div>
<div style="direction: rtl;"><span
style="display: block; float: left; color: rgb(136, 136, 136); direction: rtl;"> </span><span
style="display: block; padding-left: 6em; direction: rtl;"><span><span
style="font-weight: bold;">Tamir</span>: nuuuu</span></span></div>
<div style="direction: rtl;"><span
style="display: block; float: left; color: rgb(136, 136, 136); direction: rtl;"> </span><span
style="display: block; padding-left: 6em; direction: rtl;"><span>okay!</span></span></div>
<div style="direction: rtl;"><span
style="display: block; float: left; color: rgb(136, 136, 136); direction: rtl;"> </span><span
style="display: block; padding-left: 6em; direction: rtl;"><span>i'm
gonna call this airline thingamajig</span></span></div>
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אז זהו, שמרים-וובסטר אומרת ש<a
href="http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mongoose">כן</a>
(כלומר, גם). הכתיב ב־goose- זה מקרה נחמד של נקודת־מפגש של <a
href="http://pop-e.blogspot.com/">אטימולוגיה עממית</a> וקלסיפיקציה
(הקטיגוריה 'חיות').<br>
זה נקרא, אגב, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germanic_umlaut">umlaut</a>/<a
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I-mutation">i-mutation</a>.<br>
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style="display: block; float: left; color: rgb(136, 136, 136); direction: rtl;"> </span><span
style="display: block; padding-left: 6em; direction: rtl;"><span><span
style="font-weight: bold;">me</span>: meese</span></span></div>
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style="display: block; float: left; color: rgb(136, 136, 136); direction: rtl;"> </span><span
style="display: block; padding-left: 6em; direction: rtl;"><span><span
style="font-weight: bold;">Tamir</span>: so i'm gone for a minute</span></span></div>
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style="display: block; float: left; color: rgb(136, 136, 136); direction: rtl;"> </span><span
style="display: block; padding-left: 6em; direction: rtl;"><span>meese
= <3</span></span></div>
<div style="direction: rtl;"><span
style="display: block; float: left; color: rgb(136, 136, 136); direction: rtl;"> </span><span
style="display: block; padding-left: 6em; direction: rtl;"><span>(that's
Euler's famous tenth equation")</span></span></div>
<div style="direction: rtl;"><span
style="display: block; float: left; color: rgb(136, 136, 136); direction: rtl;">10:16
PM </span><span
style="display: block; padding-left: 6em; direction: rtl;"><span><span
style="font-weight: bold;">me</span>: i think meese should be the
plural of moose</span></span></div>
<div style="direction: rtl;"><span
style="display: block; float: left; color: rgb(136, 136, 136); direction: rtl;">10:17
PM </span><span
style="display: block; padding-left: 6em; direction: rtl;"><span><span
style="font-weight: bold;">Tamir</span>: no, it should be the plural
of mice</span></span></div>
<div style="direction: rtl;"><span
style="display: block; float: left; color: rgb(136, 136, 136); direction: rtl;"> </span><span
style="display: block; padding-left: 6em; direction: rtl;"><span><span
style="font-weight: bold;">me</span>: you can't pluralize mice, there
would be too many</span></span></div>
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style="display: block; float: left; color: rgb(136, 136, 136); direction: rtl;"> </span><span
style="display: block; padding-left: 6em; direction: rtl;"><span><span
style="font-weight: bold;">Tamir</span>: perfect!</span></span></div>
<div style="direction: rtl;"><span
style="display: block; float: left; color: rgb(136, 136, 136); direction: rtl;"> </span><span
style="display: block; padding-left: 6em; direction: rtl;"><span>they
shall take over the world!</span></span></div>
<div style="direction: rtl;"><span
style="display: block; float: left; color: rgb(136, 136, 136); direction: rtl;"> </span><span
style="display: block; padding-left: 6em; direction: rtl;"><span>this
airline is so not helpful</span></span></div>
<div style="direction: rtl;"><span
style="display: block; float: left; color: rgb(136, 136, 136); direction: rtl;"> </span><span
style="display: block; padding-left: 6em; direction: rtl;"><span><span
style="font-weight: bold;">me</span>: mices is enough in my opinion</span></span></div>
<div style="direction: rtl;"><span
style="display: block; float: left; color: rgb(136, 136, 136); direction: rtl;"> </span><span
style="display: block; padding-left: 6em; direction: rtl;"><span><span
style="font-weight: bold;">Tamir</span>: hehe</span></span></div>
<div style="direction: rtl;"><span
style="display: block; float: left; color: rgb(136, 136, 136); direction: rtl;">10:18
PM </span><span
style="display: block; padding-left: 6em; direction: rtl;"><span>mouse
-> mise -> meese -> mices -> meeses -> miceameesamoosa</span></span></div>
<div style="direction: rtl;"><span
style="display: block; float: left; color: rgb(136, 136, 136); direction: rtl;"> </span><span
style="display: block; padding-left: 6em; direction: rtl;"><span>*mice</span></span></div>
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ועכברים של מחשב זה גם <a
href="http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mouse">mouses</a>.
המשמעות של זה מבחינה מבנית היא שאפשר לראות גם ממערכת־הניגודים
הפורמלית-'חיצונית' את זה שיש mouse1 ו־mouse2: האחד מנוגד ל־mice במספר
והשני ל־mouses.<br>
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style="display: block; float: left; color: rgb(136, 136, 136); direction: rtl;"> </span><span
style="display: block; padding-left: 6em; direction: rtl;"><span><span
style="font-weight: bold;">me</span>: house - hice?</span></span></div>
<div style="direction: rtl;"><span
style="display: block; float: left; color: rgb(136, 136, 136); direction: rtl;">10:19
PM </span><span
style="display: block; padding-left: 6em; direction: rtl;"><span><span
style="font-weight: bold;">Tamir</span>: blouse -> blice?</span></span></div>
<div style="direction: rtl;"><span
style="display: block; float: left; color: rgb(136, 136, 136); direction: rtl;"> </span><span
style="display: block; padding-left: 6em; direction: rtl;"><span>smurf
-> smurves?</span></span></div>
<div style="direction: rtl;"><span
style="display: block; float: left; color: rgb(136, 136, 136); direction: rtl;"> </span><span
style="display: block; padding-left: 6em; direction: rtl;"><span><span
style="font-weight: bold;">me</span>: I think we're on to something
here</span></span></div>
<div style="direction: rtl;"><span
style="display: block; float: left; color: rgb(136, 136, 136); direction: rtl;"> </span><span
style="display: block; padding-left: 6em; direction: rtl;"><span><span
style="font-weight: bold;">Tamir</span>: yup</span></span></div>
<div style="direction: rtl;"><span
style="display: block; float: left; color: rgb(136, 136, 136); direction: rtl;">10:20
PM </span><span
style="display: block; padding-left: 6em; direction: rtl;"><span>AUGH</span></span></div>
<div style="direction: rtl;"><span
style="display: block; float: left; color: rgb(136, 136, 136); direction: rtl;"> </span><span
style="display: block; padding-left: 6em; direction: rtl;"><span>WHY
CAN I NOT TALK TO A PERSON WHO WORKS FOR THIS AIRLINE?</span></span></div>
<div style="direction: rtl;"><span
style="display: block; float: left; color: rgb(136, 136, 136); direction: rtl;"> </span><span
style="display: block; padding-left: 6em; direction: rtl;"><span><span
style="font-weight: bold;">me</span>: i think it's only hice and blice
if it's exactly two. as in twice.</span></span></div>
<div style="direction: rtl;"><span
style="display: block; float: left; color: rgb(136, 136, 136); direction: rtl;"> </span><span
style="display: block; padding-left: 6em; direction: rtl;"><span><span
style="font-weight: bold;">Tamir</span>: and if it's more than two,
it's obviously hices or blices</span></span></div>
<div style="direction: rtl;"><span
style="display: block; float: left; color: rgb(136, 136, 136); direction: rtl;">10:21
PM </span><span
style="display: block; padding-left: 6em; direction: rtl;"><span><span
style="font-weight: bold;">me</span>: right</span></span></div>
<div style="direction: rtl;"><span
style="display: block; float: left; color: rgb(136, 136, 136); direction: rtl;"> </span><span
style="display: block; padding-left: 6em; direction: rtl;"><span><span
style="font-weight: bold;">Tamir</span>: i take back my liking of
continental</span></span></div>
<div style="direction: rtl;"><span
style="display: block; float: left; color: rgb(136, 136, 136); direction: rtl;"> </span><span
style="display: block; padding-left: 6em; direction: rtl;"><span><span
style="font-weight: bold;">me</span>: wait, no. hices and blices is
when the number of things id even</span></span></div>
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רגע, זה בדיוק מה שקורה כשאומרים 'יש כאן חניה ל־10 אופניים(ים)' (כלומר,
20 אופנים). זה לא כזה far-fetched.<br>
פעם <a href="http://digitalwords.net/?p=401">ליהגתי לא מעט</a> על
צורות־ריבוי.<br>
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<div style="direction: rtl;"><span
style="display: block; float: left; color: rgb(136, 136, 136); direction: rtl;"> </span><span
style="display: block; padding-left: 6em; direction: rtl;"><span><span
style="font-weight: bold;">Tamir</span>: ohhhh</span></span></div>
<div style="direction: rtl;"><span
style="display: block; float: left; color: rgb(136, 136, 136); direction: rtl;">10:22
PM </span><span
style="display: block; padding-left: 6em; direction: rtl;"><span>and
if it's odd?</span></span></div>
<div style="direction: rtl;"><span
style="display: block; float: left; color: rgb(136, 136, 136); direction: rtl;"> </span><span
style="display: block; padding-left: 6em; direction: rtl;"><span><span
style="font-weight: bold;">me</span>: houses</span></span></div>
<div style="direction: rtl;"><span
style="display: block; float: left; color: rgb(136, 136, 136); direction: rtl;"> </span><span
style="display: block; padding-left: 6em; direction: rtl;"><span>that
form has to have a use too</span></span></div>
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זה יכול להיות שימושי ל<a
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_numbering#Europe">מספרי־בתים</a>
(אגב, זה חומר־קריאה מרתק!).<br>
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<div style="direction: rtl;"><span
style="display: block; float: left; color: rgb(136, 136, 136); direction: rtl;"> </span><span
style="display: block; padding-left: 6em; direction: rtl;"><span><span
style="font-weight: bold;">Tamir</span>: hokey</span></span></div>
<div style="direction: rtl;"><span
style="display: block; float: left; color: rgb(136, 136, 136); direction: rtl;"> </span><span
style="display: block; padding-left: 6em; direction: rtl;"><span>i can
live with that</span></span></div>
<div style="direction: rtl;"><span
style="display: block; float: left; color: rgb(136, 136, 136); direction: rtl;">10:23
PM </span><span
style="display: block; padding-left: 6em; direction: rtl;"><span><span
style="font-weight: bold;">me</span>: you don't have to. in america
they have suicide booths.</span></span></div>
<div style="direction: rtl;"><span
style="display: block; float: left; color: rgb(136, 136, 136); direction: rtl;"> </span><span
style="display: block; padding-left: 6em; direction: rtl;"><span><span
style="font-weight: bold;">Tamir</span>: that's a lye!</span></span></div>
<div style="direction: rtl;"><span
style="display: block; float: left; color: rgb(136, 136, 136); direction: rtl;"> </span><span
style="display: block; padding-left: 6em; direction: rtl;"><span><span
style="font-weight: bold;">me</span>: what's a lye?</span></span></div>
<div style="direction: rtl;"><span
style="display: block; float: left; color: rgb(136, 136, 136); direction: rtl;">10:24
PM </span><span
style="display: block; padding-left: 6em; direction: rtl;"><span><span
style="font-weight: bold;">Tamir</span>: the singular of lyes?</span></span></div>
<div style="direction: rtl;"><span
style="display: block; float: left; color: rgb(136, 136, 136); direction: rtl;"> </span><span
style="display: block; padding-left: 6em; direction: rtl;"><span><span
style="font-weight: bold;">me</span>: ooh, the even plural of lie is
lice</span></span></div>
<div style="direction: rtl;"><span
style="display: block; float: left; color: rgb(136, 136, 136); direction: rtl;"> </span><span
style="display: block; padding-left: 6em; direction: rtl;"><span>lices
and so on</span></span></div>
<span
style="display: block; float: left; color: rgb(136, 136, 136); direction: rtl;"> </span></div>
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ובעניין אחר: חיפשתי קצת וראיתי שהפרסומת המיזוגנית שראינו היא חלק
מקמפיין עם <a href="http://mizbala.com/?p=12992">פרסומות בטלוויזיה</a>
גם, ושזה מבוסס על סדרה סקסיסטית ומגעילה (ממה שקראתי; לא ראיתי) בשם '<a
href="http://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A8%D7%9E%D7%96%D7%95%D7%A8_%28%D7%A1%D7%93%D7%A8%D7%AA_%D7%98%D7%9C%D7%95%D7%95%D7%99%D7%96%D7%99%D7%94%29">רמזור</a>'.<br>
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היה לי נורא נחמד אתמול (שלשום?) :-)<br>
<br>
ולרגע של <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phatic">פֿאטיות</a>: זה
די משעשע שאדם אחר שיקרא את ההתכתבות הזאת יקרא התכתבות מקוננת באחרת.<br>
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