Plural Of Bus

[giveup]

Whatever I put doesn't look right. I ought to know but my mind's a blank.

[cupid04]

buses

[Fibonacci]

http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/bus

[elliemay1]

Yes, buses.

[giveup]

I tried that and it didn't look right. Thanks for your help.

[Peter Pedant]

I think the americans using busses
but bussing kids either means shifting them around [usually to skool ] or kissing the little blighters

[FredPuli43]

Buses. The original word was 'omnibus' which is Latin for 'for all' and it doesn't have a Latin plural in that form, so we can't go all classical and put omnibi. It would have to be Anglicised to 'omnibuses' to make a plural.

[boxtops]

The kissing bit, from the French baiser = to kiss.... (although I wish I hadn't checked the Urban dictionary, why do I do it?)

[DTCwordfan]

It would help if Peter used proper English.......not that I am being a pedant.

[boxtops]

LOL, I have noticed Skool in other threads too....

[DTCwordfan]

try baiser comme un lévrier........

[DTCwordfan]

a French idiom for doggy-style

[FredPuli43]

Very precise, the French. Why like a greyhound? What do they do, in that regard, which other dogs don't in France?

[DTCwordfan]

Now who is French on here, as I have no idea. We need shoota (unfortunate pun of a name as to this question!) to see if he has any insights.......

'Merde' (vols 1 and 2) is an excellent present to give friends/family who want to increase their knowledge of such matters - and general slang and cuss words.

Fred - also you can ask about the explanation for 'faire le pompier' blow-job......?

[jno]

it's not a nice Latin bi, then?

(The question mark is to show that I am bi-curious.)

[factor-fiction]

Thanks Fred- now I think I understand why the plural of BUS isn't BI

[jno]

non, non, faire un pompier

http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=2331944

[pixie373]

My Latin was a long time ago, but I'm sure omnibus is dative and ablative plural "for everybody", so it already is plural.

[pixie373]

...although in English, it's buses

[DTCwordfan]

Merci pour votre correction de mon erreur, Madame (ou Madamoiselle) jno......

[FredPuli43]

And...ahem...I know the word in the French for doggy style as levrette, a female greyhound ! Doesn't make any more sense, really. And it's odd that French distinguishes the male from the female in a breed of dog, but that may be because the female was commonly thought to be quicker than the male in coursing, and so a distinction might be important. Who knows?