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Tue Mar 23, 2010 9:33 am

Stopped on page 2. Reminded me too much of my college experience, where I spent too much time in the library writing boilerplate like this, and not enough time smoking weed. :lol: :shock:

Tue Mar 23, 2010 8:41 pm

davebuckholts wrote: Isn't the plural of bus, busses??

Buses are Omnibuses (usually roll on four or more wheels);

Busses are kisses.

Wed Mar 24, 2010 8:00 am

Emeritusx wrote: davebuckholts wrote: Isn't the plural of bus, busses??

Page one FAIL........
It can be either busses, or buses ... But buses is more common

No it can't. A "buss" is a kiss. "Busses" are a number of kisses. "Buses" is correct for vehicles.

If anyone has any proof that I'm wrong.......................then never mind.

Wed Mar 24, 2010 8:06 am

Ken J wrote: Emeritusx wrote: davebuckholts wrote: Isn't the plural of bus, busses??

Page one FAIL........
It can be either busses, or buses ... But buses is more common

No it can't. A "buss" is a kiss. "Busses" are a number of kisses. "Buses" is correct for vehicles.

If anyone has any proof that I'm wrong.......................then never mind.

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/busses

Says:
Pronunciation: \ˈbəs\
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural bus·es also bus·ses
Usage: often attributive
Etymology: short for omnibus
Date: circa 1909

1 a : a large motor vehicle designed to carry passengers usually along a fixed route according to a schedule b : automobile
2 : a small hand truck
3 a : bus bar b : a set of parallel conductors in a computer system that forms a main transmission path
4 : a spacecraft or missile that carries one or more detachable devices (as warheads)

Wed Mar 24, 2010 8:06 am

I've been trained to never debate the person from Charlotte who is willing to assert their grammatic skill. 8)

I only hope that this guy's approval committee (like mine) had at least one 60y.o. Prof who enjoyed the style of jogging shorts- with the freedom of no underwear.

Wed Mar 24, 2010 8:53 am

hitest wrote:
I only hope that this guy's approval committee (like mine) had at least one 60y.o. Prof who enjoyed the style of jogging shorts- with the freedom of no underwear.

:shock: :-s :x :-&

Wed Mar 24, 2010 8:53 am

While "busses" is indeed a correct spelling (and therefore will
typically pass spelling checkers) and is listed in a sampling of
dictionaries as an "alternate" spelling of "buses," it is not the
(current) conventional plural form of the word "bus," and, more
importantly, ambiguous enough as to rule out as a practical choice
because the (English) word "busses" is also the plural (noun), and
third-person singular simple present indicative form (verb), of the
word "buss." In view of common use, "buss" definitively, and most
definitely, does not convey the intended, common, and conventional,
meaning as "bus" in context of the start-up code. In general, for good
practices, it is prudent to avoid words labeled as "alternate"
spellings, given a choice.

I'm just a practical and prudent kind of guy.

Wed Mar 24, 2010 8:55 am

what's a buse ?

Wed Mar 24, 2010 9:01 am

hazetguy wrote: what's a buse ?

An obfuscation of subterfuge.

Wed Mar 24, 2010 9:03 am

hazetguy wrote: what's a buse ?

Swedish-English Online Dictionary
buse
bogey-man, rapscallion, bogey, bugbear

Wed Mar 24, 2010 10:29 am

Ken J wrote: While "busses" is indeed a correct spelling (and therefore will
typically pass spelling checkers) and is listed in a sampling of
dictionaries as an "alternate" spelling of "buses," it is not the
(current) conventional plural form of the word "bus," and, more
importantly, ambiguous enough as to rule out as a practical choice
because the (English) word "busses" is also the plural (noun), and
third-person singular simple present indicative form (verb), of the
word "buss." In view of common use, "buss" definitively, and most
definitely, does not convey the intended, common, and conventional,
meaning as "bus" in context of the start-up code. In general, for good
practices, it is prudent to avoid words labeled as "alternate"
spellings, given a choice.

I'm just a practical and prudent kind of guy.

I speak English... Like Merriam Webster...

Either is fine. OSX does not like busses so I go with it. Not sure about Winders...

Either way the paper was long winded.

Wed Mar 24, 2010 5:05 pm

Ken J wrote: hazetguy wrote: what's a buse ?

Swedish-English Online Dictionary
buse
bogey-man, rapscallion, bogey, bugbear

so buses are bogey-men, rapscallions, bogeys, bugbears.
thanks. i'll stick with busses for more than one bus.

Wed Mar 24, 2010 5:22 pm

Mom, Dad.... At last I found them.... :lol:

edit: that photo is kinda disturbing..

Wed Mar 24, 2010 5:54 pm

There's several sets of piano keys in those mouths. Yikes!

Wed Mar 24, 2010 7:40 pm

hazetguy wrote: what's a buse ?

The South Carolina Judicial term for "got fed up with her damn fusin'" I says to the judger, "If she pluralizes one more time- I'm gonn a buse!"

Wed Mar 24, 2010 11:39 pm

Ok, this thread has hit bottom.