# How do you properly pluralize "Lucky So and So"? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [May 20, 2025, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-properly-pluralize-lucky-so-and-so/1018609 "2025-05-20T23:02:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jumpbass](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jumpbass/32/147_2.png) [@Jumpbass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jumpbass)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2025, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-properly-pluralize-lucky-so-and-so/1018609/1 "2025-05-20T23:02:10Z")
The title says it all. Well, not all, but most of it. I’m in the process of renaming my band, and we want to be The Lucky So And Sos. Or is it Lucky So And So’s? Or Lucky So And Soes? Lucky So And Soze? I understand that So’s is possessive, but it reads best. (Other people have to put it on flyers and promotional material, so it has to be intuitive.) Sos looks like my ship is sinking and I need help. Soes looks weird. Soze is a joke. I was kidding there. My spellcheck on this computer flags all of them except “So’s” as incorrect in any setting. Whaddya think? ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2025, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-properly-pluralize-lucky-so-and-so/1018609/2 "2025-05-20T23:04:49Z")
Lucky so and sos. Looks weird just like soes. Spell checkers are snobby. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2025, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-properly-pluralize-lucky-so-and-so/1018609/3 "2025-05-20T23:41:39Z")
Just stick an ‘s’ on the end. ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2025, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-properly-pluralize-lucky-so-and-so/1018609/4 "2025-05-20T23:42:57Z")
“Lucky So-and-Sos” > **[Definition of SO-AND-SO](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/so-and-so)** > > an unnamed or unspecified person, thing, or action; bastard… See the full definition ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2025, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-properly-pluralize-lucky-so-and-so/1018609/5 "2025-05-21T01:33:28Z")
> [@Jumpbass](#): > > I understand that So’s is possessive, but it reads best. It doesn’t read best to me. (For what that’s worth.) Should be So and Sos. Won’t look like SOS unless you put it in all caps. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2025, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-properly-pluralize-lucky-so-and-so/1018609/6 "2025-05-21T02:02:21Z")
> [@Andy\_L](#): > > “Lucky So-and-Sos” This is how I’d spell it too. M-W has the apostrophe as an acceptable alternative, but it looks wrong to me. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2025, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-properly-pluralize-lucky-so-and-so/1018609/7 "2025-05-21T02:17:04Z")
Lucky so and so and so and so and so and so… ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2025, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-properly-pluralize-lucky-so-and-so/1018609/8 "2025-05-21T02:26:54Z")
> [@Jumpbass](#): > > I understand that So’s is possessive, but it reads best. To me, it reads as a grammatical mistake. ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2025, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-properly-pluralize-lucky-so-and-so/1018609/9 "2025-05-21T02:32:28Z")
> [@Jumpbass](#): > > I understand that So’s is possessive, but it reads best. Are you a greengrocer? ---
**Author:** ![markn\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2025, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-properly-pluralize-lucky-so-and-so/1018609/10 "2025-05-21T05:20:28Z")
I agree that “So’s” is wrong and jarring. I would use “The Lucky So and Sos” (with “and” lowercased) or Andy\_L’s suggestion of hyphenating the phrase: “The Lucky So-and-Sos”. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2025, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-properly-pluralize-lucky-so-and-so/1018609/11 "2025-05-21T06:58:11Z")
> [@Andy\_L](#): > > “Lucky So-and-Sos” Thirded. The hyphenation minimizes any lingering ambiguity. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2025, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-properly-pluralize-lucky-so-and-so/1018609/12 "2025-05-21T12:46:45Z")
Lucky bastards. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2025, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-properly-pluralize-lucky-so-and-so/1018609/13 "2025-05-21T13:36:40Z")
If you were a Zeppelin tribute band, you could be “The Lucky Zo-&-sos.” ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2025, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-properly-pluralize-lucky-so-and-so/1018609/14 "2025-05-21T13:41:23Z")
> [@Jumpbass](#): > > I understand that So’s is possessive, but it reads best. That’s what the Go-Go’s went with. For a band name, proper grammar is the last thing you should worry about. ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2025, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-properly-pluralize-lucky-so-and-so/1018609/15 "2025-05-21T15:02:25Z")
> [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#): > > That’s what the Go-Go’s went with. For a band name, proper grammar is the last thing you should worry about. Also the B-52’s ---
**Author:** ![dirtball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dirtball/32/18772_2.png) [@dirtball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dirtball)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2025, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-properly-pluralize-lucky-so-and-so/1018609/16 "2025-05-21T16:30:44Z")
One Lucky So and So Along with Some Other People Who Could Be Described the Same Way ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2025, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-properly-pluralize-lucky-so-and-so/1018609/17 "2025-05-21T17:58:11Z")
Indeed. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2025, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-properly-pluralize-lucky-so-and-so/1018609/18 "2025-05-21T18:34:31Z")
> [@AlsoNamedBort](#): > > > [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#): > > > > That’s what the Go-Go’s went with. For a band name, proper grammar is the last thing you should worry about. > > Also the B-52’s Old 97’s, and the La’s as well. I would make the case that a band name that pluralizes a noun ending in a vowel or number is customary and is a perfectly valid grammatical exception. ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2025, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-properly-pluralize-lucky-so-and-so/1018609/19 "2025-05-21T18:51:37Z")
> [@Andy\_L](#): > > “Lucky So-and-Sos” Agreed. Or : LUCKY SO & SOs Make capitals part of the spelling. ---
**Author:** ![Jumpbass](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jumpbass/32/147_2.png) [@Jumpbass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jumpbass)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2025, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-properly-pluralize-lucky-so-and-so/1018609/20 "2025-05-21T20:38:51Z")
Haha! Great answers, all. Especially: > [@SCAdian](#): > > Are you a greengrocer? I like the hyphenated version. I think that helps most. I’ll put those versions to the band, see which floats. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-properly-pluralize-lucky-so-and-so/1018609.md?page=2)