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Title: Plural of Stunters ?
Post by: PJ Rowland on April 19, 2011, 01:29:59 AM
Ok so I confess - Ive got 20 minutes to kill before I go home for the day..

I was thinking about some aircraft - specifically Stunters.

I wanted to know what people thought the plural of some of them were..

For example -

An Impact - Many Impacts.

Nobler : Noblers

What about
Ares ?
Humungous ?
USA1 ?



Would a group of Thunderbirds Be a ThunderFlock?

We wont see it this year but: A group of sharks is called a gam, grind, school, herd, pod, collage, or shiver.


Just for laughs. Add what you want



Title: Re: Plural of Stunters ?
Post by: Clint Ormosen on April 19, 2011, 02:41:37 AM
singular---------------------------plural

Ares                                          Areses
Humungous                               Humungousus
USA-1                                       USA-2 (USA-3, USA-4, ect.)
Argus                                        Argusus
Thunder Gazer                           Thunder Gazerezes
Novi                                          Novi II & III
Tucker III                                   duh....                                   
Nobler                                       Noblurz
Title: Re: Plural of Stunters ?
Post by: M Spencer on April 19, 2011, 03:10:18 AM
Most likely , " a Line Tangle " . ~^ :!
Title: Re: Plural of Stunters ?
Post by: David Hoover on April 19, 2011, 06:47:29 AM
If I remember my high school Latin correctly, wouldn't the plural of Argus be Argi?
Title: Re: Plural of Stunters ?
Post by: afml on April 19, 2011, 09:45:23 AM
If I remember my high school Latin correctly, wouldn't the plural of Argus be Argi?

Hmmm... Aren't those a type of socks??? LL~

"Tight Lines!"
Wes
Title: Re: Plural of Stunters ?
Post by: Neville Legg on April 19, 2011, 10:24:42 AM
A constellation of Ares? A Gross of Humongous, possibly? (gross has a few meanings! ;D) A Yank of USA1? ;) A Guardian of Argus? (think about it? ;D)

Cheers
Title: Re: Plural of Stunters ?
Post by: PJ Rowland on April 19, 2011, 10:27:40 AM
Wouldnt the plural of Ares be Ares ?

Or Arei ?
Title: Re: Plural of Stunters ?
Post by: Randy Powell on April 19, 2011, 01:25:27 PM
I'd go with Are'i
Title: Re: Plural of Stunters ?
Post by: Steve Helmick on April 19, 2011, 05:07:01 PM
Humongeese and USA-1zies...

I wish my CNC mill was hooked up to the 'net... LL~ Steve
Title: Re: Plural of Stunters ?
Post by: David Hoover on April 19, 2011, 05:08:36 PM
Or if you're from Canada, Are-eh?

I can get away with saying that - I am from Canada.
Title: Re: Plural of Stunters ?
Post by: wwwarbird on April 19, 2011, 05:58:57 PM
 At VSC this year, you had to be real careful not to step in the Humungi.  ;D
Title: Re: Plural of Stunters ?
Post by: jim ivey on April 19, 2011, 06:33:00 PM
gaggle of humogeese?
Title: Re: Plural of Stunters ?
Post by: PJ Rowland on April 23, 2011, 11:18:24 PM
A Bom of Yatsenkos ?
Title: Re: Plural of Stunters ?
Post by: Robert Schroeder on April 24, 2011, 02:28:05 PM
A gaggle of Thunderbirds
A pride of Lion Tamers
A tangle of Half Fasts
A party of Ringmasters
A broil of Bluebirds
A  frenzy of Sharks
A tornado of Twisters
Title: Re: Plural of Stunters ?
Post by: Randy Powell on April 24, 2011, 02:57:46 PM
You lefty out a Murder of Atoms.
Title: Re: Plural of Stunters ?
Post by: Larry Cunningham on April 26, 2011, 10:32:16 AM
I'd go with Are'i

Arii - of course!

Any rudimentary math text reminds us why.

L.

"Anyone who cannot cope with mathematics is not fully human. At best he is a
tolerable subhuman who has learned to wear shoes, bathe and not make messes in the
house." -Robert A. Heinlein, Lazarus Long, Time Enough for Love
Title: Re: Plural of Stunters ?
Post by: Robert Schroeder on April 26, 2011, 11:19:29 AM
Huuh???

As much as I respect Mr. Heinlein's writings I choose to take extreme umbrage with that statement.  I consider myself as having at least a smattering of intellegence over and above the humans in "Planet of the Apes", however, math is absolutely NOT my strong point.  I am abysmally deficient when attempting to comprehend any item concerning math.  That's why I prefer to peruse other items of intrest like building and flying model airplanes.

Bob
Title: Re: Plural of Stunters ?
Post by: Larry Renger on April 26, 2011, 08:44:47 PM
And how do you do that without math?  "Build" nothing but ARFs?  (Bad me, that is really close to flaming  VD~ )
Title: Re: Plural of Stunters ?
Post by: Randy Powell on April 27, 2011, 11:11:07 AM
Of course, Heinlein also said that government shouldn't be left in the hands of idiots.
Title: Re: Plural of Stunters ?
Post by: Dave Adamisin on April 27, 2011, 11:31:44 AM
We have a town in Michigan named Novi. It got it's name from the railroad water tower that the town grew up around. The tower was No. VI... Yes number 6. So the next No vi would be No Vii and so on..... Base 10 of course.....
Title: Re: Plural of Stunters ?
Post by: Randy Ryan on April 27, 2011, 12:25:10 PM
We have a town in Michigan named Novi. It got it's name from the railroad water tower that the town grew up around. The tower was No. VI... Yes number 6. So the next No vi would be No Vii and so on..... Base 10 of course.....


That's interesting Dave, the story I've always heard was that it was Stage Coach stop  No. VI out of Detroit.
Title: Re: Plural of Stunters ?
Post by: Jim Kraft on April 27, 2011, 12:52:59 PM
This reminds me of the story about the guy that wanted to buy two geese. He was writing the order out and wrote that he wanted to buy 2 gooses. That didn't sound right, so he wrote he wanted to buy 2 geeses. That didn't sound right either. So-- He wrote, please send me a goose. By the way, send me another one. D>K
Title: Re: Plural of Stunters ?
Post by: PJ Rowland on April 27, 2011, 11:40:29 PM
A sleuth of Gieseke's

 ~>
Title: Re: Plural of Stunters ?
Post by: Robert Schroeder on April 29, 2011, 03:50:22 PM
Larry,

Addition, subtraction, multiplication and division are not math.  They are but things neccessary for existence in this current world.  Math is that 'other stuff' of which aeronautical engineers and rocket schentists speak.  I can't understand a word of it.  I can, however scratch a model plane, one that flies quite respectively too.

Bob
Title: Re: Plural of Stunters ?
Post by: Bill Little on May 01, 2011, 12:13:07 AM
We have a town in Michigan named Novi. It got it's name from the railroad water tower that the town grew up around. The tower was No. VI... Yes number 6. So the next No vi would be No Vii and so on..... Base 10 of course.....

And the basis for the name of the various Indy cars that ran from the mid '40s until 1964 powered by the NOVI V-8s.........  ;D

Didn't Dave name his series of stunters after the same place?  Or was that another No. VI in NY? ;D

Big Bear
Title: Re: Plural of Stunters ?
Post by: FLOYD CARTER on May 02, 2011, 12:18:34 PM
If you're from Minnesota:  "Ares, you betcha!"

Canadian?  It's "Ares, don'cha know?"

Californian?   "It's ARES, you m------f-----."     

F.C.
Title: Re: Plural of Stunters ?
Post by: Robert Schroeder on May 11, 2011, 06:07:50 PM
After much thought I believe it was flaming Larry, but of course the only context in which I've heard the word said was when it was followed by Alpha Hotel.