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plural of "chicken"
Posted: February 22nd, 2013, 4:06 pm
by Ima Facultiwyfe
Okay, once more to the fount of knowledge and the final word of all things that is the CTN board.
A very smart person I know corrected me last night when I used the word "chickens" in a sentence. She said the plural of chicken is still "chicken". I can't verify that anywhere. Anybody? I did read somewhere that historically in England, farmers would use the singular form in referring to their stock of poultry. But, that seems pretty far removed from modern day English if you ask me.
Isn't there a linguist expert OY? Can't remember who that is.
Love, Ima
Re: plural of "chicken"
Posted: February 22nd, 2013, 4:27 pm
by bjornolf
My understanding is as follows:
Plural of chicken the bird is chickens. I have 100 chickens on my farm.
Plural of chicken the food is chicken. I have a bucket of chicken.
Re: plural of "chicken"
Posted: February 22nd, 2013, 9:08 pm
by Ima Facultiwyfe
bjornolf wrote:My understanding is as follows:
Plural of chicken the bird is chickens. I have 100 chickens on my farm.
Plural of chicken the food is chicken. I have a bucket of chicken.
That makes perfect sense and I agree. I'm NOT going to give in on my argument. I knew one of you would back me up! Thanks!
Love, Ima
Re: plural of "chicken"
Posted: February 22nd, 2013, 9:58 pm
by Devil in the Blue Dress
Wikipedia has a pretty good article on chicken, the animal. Note how many times the plural
chickens appears.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicken
Now on the topic of chicken, the food, here an article which uses the form
chicken exclusively.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicken_%28food%29
These sources were readily available though I would have appreciated a more scholarly treatment of the matter.
Re: plural of "chicken"
Posted: February 23rd, 2013, 10:10 am
by devildeac
Somehow, we must figure out a way to incorporate this into this thread, too:
Re: plural of "chicken"
Posted: February 23rd, 2013, 10:11 am
by devildeac
This is the plural of chicken:
Re: plural of "chicken"
Posted: February 23rd, 2013, 10:54 am
by DevilWearsPrada2.0
devildeac wrote:Somehow, we must figure out a way to incorporate this into this thread, too:
ONE COCK and a heck of a lot of Chickens!!!!!
Re: plural of "chicken"
Posted: February 23rd, 2013, 5:10 pm
by Ima Facultiwyfe
devildeac wrote:This is the plural of chicken:
Wrong. That's the plural of "cock".
Love, Ima
Re: plural of "chicken"
Posted: February 23rd, 2013, 7:19 pm
by devildeac
Ima Facultiwyfe wrote:devildeac wrote:This is the plural of chicken:
Wrong. That's the plural of "cock".
Love, Ima
Don't give him any more ideas...
Re: plural of "chicken"
Posted: March 9th, 2013, 10:07 am
by captmojo
Re: plural of "chicken"
Posted: March 10th, 2013, 6:23 pm
by ArkieDukie
Easy. The plural of "chicken" is "Tar Heels."
Re: plural of "chicken"
Posted: March 10th, 2013, 7:24 pm
by devildeac
ArkieDukie wrote:Easy. The plural of "chicken shit" is "Tar Heels."
There, fixed it for ya.
Re: plural of "chicken"
Posted: March 11th, 2013, 5:09 pm
by captmojo
devildeac wrote:ArkieDukie wrote:Easy. The plural of "chicken shit" is "Tar Heels."
There, fixed it for ya.
Well done!