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!
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?
ReplyDeleteThey proof perfect knowledge of the German plural, though.
ReplyDeleteP.S. While I proved imperfect knowledge of the English language.
ReplyDeleteI have seen these in the UK , not sure if they are Italian though. xo Hope you are well x
ReplyDeleteI 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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