# Plurals of English nouns borrowed from other languages

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**Created:** [June 28, 2018, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plurals-of-english-nouns-borrowed-from-other-languages/816887 "2018-06-28T02:30:23Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 28, 2018, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plurals-of-english-nouns-borrowed-from-other-languages/816887/1 "2018-06-28T02:30:23Z")

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I loved bibliophage’s 2004 [essay on English plurals of words borrowed from Latin and beyond](https://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/2139/what-is-the-plural-of-penis/) … I’d missed it the first time around.

I thought I’d already known this stuff, but I learned new things. And the interwoven humor was delightful but unobtrusive, e.g.:

“It’s easy to see why some people are attracted to hippos.”

“Most of us don’t get boni or ride bi (but I’m not judgmental if you do).”

(Oops, I gushed. Sorry, Cecil!)