Klarinet Archive - Posting 000228.txt from 1999/05

From: Richard Bush <rbushidioglot@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Coughy, or ti?
Date: Sat, 8 May 1999 15:45:31 -0400

B. Keplinger wrote:
>
> Thank you, thank you, thank you! A THOUSAND thank yous.
> We daily cheapen the language in our speech, but what is tolerable in the
> spoken word becomes intolerable when written, even in this informal medium.
> Now, here's a question for you. How does one pluralize a phrase, for
> instance "thank you?" To use an apostrophe ("thank you's") makes me
> cringe. <Clip>
> So, I guess I have gotten off the track of my original question (how to
> make a plural of a phrase). <Clip>
> -Bruce

While not completely streamlined, one could say, "Thanks to all of you." This
would address the thank you collectively.

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