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(Panty)hose

The Wiktionary entries indicate that hose is uncountable (for 2. A stocking-like garment worn on the legs; pantyhose) while pantyhose or its synonym tights are plural only.

Yet, Collins Concise English Dictionary shows both "hose, hosen" as the plural forms of hose, and seems to imply that it's also a synonym of hosiery ("stockings, socks, and tights collectively").

According to Microsoft® Encarta® 2009, (panty)hose is a plural noun itself as is tights or oats (the e and unlike, say, "sheep (plural sheep)" or hose in its meaning of "flexible tube", which shows the usual plural hoses.

All this information is at odds, so it's impossible to know what pair "hose - hosen" the article is referrring to. --Backinstadiums (talk) 19:57, 15 January 2020 (UTC)

the plural of the name of the letter e is ees; the plural of the letter itself is rendered E's, Es, e's, or es.

According to the entry of letter e; therefore, is this then a regular plural formed from -es? --Backinstadiums (talk) 13:06, 24 February 2020 (UTC)

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Alumni and Alumnae

The article states that 'alumni' in anglicized pronunciation is the same as 'alumnae' in "Italianate" pronunciation. This is not true. It is in classical, not Italianate, Latin that "alumnae" would sound the same as English "Alumni". — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.243.220.61 (talk) 04:39, 19 April 2022 (UTC)

Remove "minister-president"?

Following this RM, Wikipedia has changed "ministers-president" to "minister-presidents" across all articles and categories. It seems unnecessary and unhelpful, therefore, to include "minister-president" in the list of words where the first word in the compound usually pluralizes. St Anselm (talk) 16:41, 29 April 2025 (UTC)

I'm going ahead and removing it. St Anselm (talk) 16:08, 2 May 2025 (UTC)

Add a table of contents?

I wonder if a table of contents would be useful to other people. I found this page and would have liked to link to the section on nouns ending with -y, for a colleague's benefit, but there's no ToC, and the page is semi-locked so I can't add one myself although, having looked at other, similar pages, it may make this page inconsistent with others in the series, which is why I brought it up here.

Cosimo193 (talk) 11:16, 10 September 2025 (UTC)

Get ready for tripple plural

$feetsies = foot + ablaut + s + plural diminutive$ ~2026-86903-5 (talk) 03:16, 8 February 2026 (UTC)

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