interesting :)
Lies the plural of anything with an s ends in an i
thus peni
I thought it was peni as well :)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penis ! :)
Wikipedia is the worst source of information, i shall not accept it, Peni it is!
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/penes !! :L
pe·nis [pee-nis]
noun, plural pe·nis·es, pe·nes [-neez]
Anatomy, Zoology .
the male organ of copulation and, in mammals, of urinary excretion.
No mention of peni at all.... I was also wondering on the words ending s becoming i ending words, what about circus? ;)
WeeSteve wrote:
Wikipedia is the worst source of information, i shall not accept it, Peni it is!
I love the word peni! I vote peni!
I'm glad to hear that it's not penne. Otherwise, I might never visit an Italian restaurant again.
MissTerryCleavage wrote:
No mention of peni at all.... I was also wondering on the words ending s becoming i ending words, what about circus? ;)
well you see
cactis, cacti
dice, die
therefore i decided that anything with an s or c sound at the end becomes an i (dyslexic logic)
so 1 circus 2 circi :P
WeeSteve wrote:
MissTerryCleavage wrote:
No mention of peni at all.... I was also wondering on the words ending s becoming i ending words, what about circus? ;)
well you see
cactis, cacti
dice, die
therefore i decided that anything with an s or c sound at the end becomes an i (dyslexic logic)
so 1 circus 2 circi :P
its cactus steve
and these arnt regular
helix helices
sheep sheep
house house
mouse mice
Haha this is brill! Penes.
Well
Just imagining a row of dangling bits I personally think the proper plural is
Urrrrgggh.
It would be good to rationalise plurals in some cases - Hice mice and Men with ven for a start.
PinkPolkaDot wrote:
I thought it was peni as well :)
Same here
gunther wrote:
WeeSteve wrote:
MissTerryCleavage wrote:
No mention of peni at all.... I was also wondering on the words ending s becoming i ending words, what about circus? ;)
well you see
cactis, cacti
dice, die
therefore i decided that anything with an s or c sound at the end becomes an i (dyslexic logic)
so 1 circus 2 circi :P
its cactus steve
and these arnt regular
helix helices
sheep sheep
house house
mouse mice
House isn't plural, it's Houses. And I think Helices can also be Helixes.
Sound like pasta to me.
I just did a little research and it is in fact penes or penises. You learn something new everyday, huh?
I didn't think anyone was arguing. There are obviously other words you can use but it's still a good thing to know. Overcomplexity? English is one of the easiest languages out there lol
In Latin, "penis" is a third declension noun; the plural is "penes", definitely not "peni". In English, I would definitely use "penises".
As I have only the one, I don't see the need to use the plural, so I don't see what the fuss is about.
However if I was to talk about more that one I think I would use penises, but I did not have a university education.