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From: chabot@amber.DEC (L S Chabot)
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Subject: A game proposal
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Date: Mon, 12-Nov-84 10:43:48 EST
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I was reminded of this by the data/musea/colisea discussions.  Some friends of
mine had a running game to make up items on a menu for a meal, the rules being
that each item had to be singular and had to be food.  An example:

		a rouse		(singular of rice--the analogy is "mice")

[Yes, I know, the items aren't necessarily going to be real words, but that's
the fun part.] 

Anybody have any good ones?  I used to argue for "ouse", but no one liked it--
ice isn't exactly food, I suppose, and what would be an ouse--a single molecule?
(but then...).  I've been trying to remember the 'singular' of "tea", which I
think works out to be "te" (if you spell "tea" "ti" and then form the 'singular'
as you would for "cognoscenti"...these things work better verbally, I guess).

L S Chabot
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