# Plural of 'torus'.

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**Created:** [July 2, 2018, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plural-of-torus/817198 "2018-07-02T22:28:48Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 7, 2018, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plural-of-torus/817198/61 "2018-07-07T14:07:46Z")

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> [@Chronos](#):
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> I’ve always used “pierogi” as the singular, and “pierogis” as the plural. Which I now learn is wrong, but it won’t be the first time English has double-pluralized a word.

Actually, come to think of it, in English I will sometimes say “pierogis” as well for the plural. My father has the habit of double-pluralizing when he borrows English words and puts them into Polish, so a phrase like _hot dogs_ becomes _hot dogsy_ in Polish-English. (The proper Polish plural would be _hot dogi_ for the borrowed word.) He’s the only one I know who seems to do it this way.

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**Post date:** [July 7, 2018, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plural-of-torus/817198/62 "2018-07-07T17:27:29Z")

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Trying to preserve plural forms from another language is a fool’s errand.

Take paparazzi. That’s an Italian plural. The singular is paparazzo (male) and paparazza (female). Egad, like we need more gender specific job descriptions now.

Just going with paparazzi as singular and plural works, but I would have no problem with paparazzis.

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