Posers and Puzzles
23 Dec 03
07 Jan 04
Originally posted by CrowleyLet me give it a try:
Again, doesn't count.
You took away 'm' AND inserted 'n'. You can only do either delete or insert.
ooms
In my old Webster's dictionary I found "Oom Paul"; this was a pet name for Paul Kruger.
"Oom" comes from the Dutch language and means Uncle.
Let us imagine we had two Uncles Paul instead of one Oom Paul.
The plural should be: Two ooms (in both languages)
Jury, what is your judgement?
Fjord
08 Jan 04
Originally posted by fjordWell, if we don't have to use just English it will get a bit easy wouldn't it.
Let me give it a try:
ooms
In my old Webster's dictionary I found "Oom Paul"; this was a pet name for Paul Kruger.
"Oom" comes from the Dutch language and means Uncle.
Let us imagine we had two Uncles Paul instead of one Oom Paul.
The plural should be: Two ooms (in both languages)
Jury, what is your judgement?
Fjord
Yes, ooms is plural for oom, meaning more than one uncle, in Afrikaans as well (same as my Dutch ancestors 😛)