Tuesday, September 15, 2015

S-PIED

Or rather, I did NOT espy a final -s on the word which is supposed to tell you what this object is for!



Italians have a strange antipathy to the final -s in English and even when they do add it, they often refuse to pronounce it. This habit is a common symptom of Modican Englishitis but it is also widespread and the above example was espied in a Catania store on Saturday.

I hope purchasers of this rack enjoy the one magazine they put in it!

5 comments:

Lee said...

One could buy numerous and place one magazine in each one...and then move out of one('s) home to allow room for the numerous number of.....well....what more can I say...ay?

Sean Jeating said...

They proof perfect knowledge of the German plural, though.

Sean Jeating said...

P.S. While I proved imperfect knowledge of the English language.

Anne in Oxfordshire said...

I have seen these in the UK , not sure if they are Italian though. xo Hope you are well x

Welshcakes Limoncello said...

I never thought of that, Lee! Hi, Sean. I don't know any German. Hi, Anne. If there's a final - s missing, I'd bet they're Italian! Hope you're OK too. x

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