A list of 20 words by chained_bear.
- siemenswas added by pear and appears on 6 lists
- omenwas added by bilby and appears on 53 lists
- hunkswas added by Drogulus and appears on 8 lists
- jackanapeswas added by Drogulus and appears on 66 lists
- glanswas added by rolig and appears on 18 lists
- gallowswas added by mollusque and appears on 38 lists
- pantswas added by chained_bear and appears on 71 lists
- offspringwas added by mollusque and appears on 22 lists
- scissorswas added by mollusque and appears on 33 lists
- vertebrawas added by mollusque and appears on 14 lists
- meanswas added by mollusque and appears on 16 lists
- crossroadswas added by rolig and appears on 19 lists
- lenswas added by rolig and appears on 32 lists
- carieswas added by rolig and appears on 17 lists
- bitumenwas added by rolig and appears on 30 lists
- kudoswas added by rolig and appears on 57 lists
- specieswas added by chained_bear and appears on 35 lists
- corpswas added by chained_bear and appears on 40 lists
- serieswas added by chained_bear and appears on 30 lists
- aurochswas added by chained_bear and appears on 31 lists
rolig commented on the list •open-list-plural-looking-singular-nouns
Isn't scissors a pluralis tantum? "The scissors are lying on the table." NOT "The scissors is lying on the table."
October 21, 2009
chained_bear commented on the list •open-list-plural-looking-singular-nouns
I've seen it used singularly (which I think is weird), e.g. "Hand me a scissors."
Nice additions, guys. :)
October 22, 2009
reesetee commented on the list •open-list-plural-looking-singular-nouns
It's on my Plurale Tantum list, at least. :-)
October 22, 2009
Drogulus commented on the list •open-list-plural-looking-singular-nouns
What, no jackanapes?
September 6, 2012
ruzuzu commented on the list •open-list-plural-looking-singular-nouns
Excellent.
October 24, 2013
pear commented on the list •open-list-plural-looking-singular-nouns
Made an account just to add siemens; I think it fits this list well.
May 29, 2022