h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

I already had my prize. Someone laughed

Thanks, Icy.

Genera I *know* that one...

Congratulations everyone, and thanks Icy

I'm sticking with evenmoratoriums and polygoose.

Nobody went for the obvious "mongeese".

And what about Brigadier General and Attorney General?

I had a few I saved back for a tiebreaker - some are very sneaky. Cherub is a good example. It's cherubs when you're talking about adorable children, but cherubim if you mean the angels.

...and there was one 'mongeese' (deb, I think).

I don't mind, as long as nobody says 'cherubims'...

That list sounds logical, although I do know a fair number of US academics who use 'syllabi' for the plural of 'syllabus'. ('Cos we have to make them up.)

Icy, how about a quiz on verb forms? We should be reminded of the proper ones before they go completely extinct.

Yeah. I once rewrote a paragraph for a Guide Entry, because the sub-editor refused to believe in the existence of the verb form 'throve'. And I refused to accept 'thrived'.