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Words that are used only in the plural

I can't say there's an oodle of them!
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WillaKissing · 56-60, M
I was in the Army with a sergeant above me in rank that always put an S on things that were meant to be singular, like saying Feets that drove me crazy when he said it. He could not say hand or hands either it was always Handsts, or Hats when asking a person where is your hat he would say where is your hats! It drove me crazy, but he out ranked me so I just smiled.

So, I understand.
swirlie · 31-35
@WillaKissing
That is why the US military has never won a war it started in the last 214 years.
FreddieUK · 70-79, M
@ABCDEF7 that's an interesting one. You can have 'a service' but we don't speak of 'a good', only 'goods and services'.
ABCDEF7 · M
@FreddieUK Yes :)
4meAndyou · F
@FreddieUK Eyeglasses.
FreddieUK · 70-79, M
@4meAndyou I guessed you meant that. 🙂
4meAndyou · F
@FreddieUK No one actually says EYEglasses anymore. "Glasses" is the term everyone uses. No one says "Spectacles" anymore, either.
ArishMell · 70-79, M
"Data" is plural but often spoken of as if singular.

And "contents" - things in boxes or messages - is not the plural of "content" - which describes mood!
ChipmunkErnie · 70-79, M
@ArishMell Datum? And "content" describes mood pronounced on way, but describes the composition of something pronounced an other.
ArishMell · 70-79, M
@ChipmunkErnie Datum - yes. I see it more often in engineering and surveying, the datum being the origin for most of the other main measurements.
gol979 · 46-50, M
Oodles? Great word btw
Nimbus · M
My mother never scolded me for not eating all my pea.
WillaKissing · 56-60, M
Buts and we hate buts. But we love lady Butts! Sorry I failed, I am still juvenile minded oops!
FreddieUK · 70-79, M
Pants always come in pairs. A pant is something else altogether.
Can’t think of any.
Thodsis · 51-55, M
The 'thems'.

Those who aren't 'us'...
swirlie · 31-35
Scissors, pliers, tweezers, binoculars, glasses, spectacles.

Speaking of oodles, how about noodles?!

Do I win the prize?
DrWatson · 70-79, M
@swirlie Yep!
swirlie · 31-35
@DrWatson
I'll be around tomorrow morning in a limo with flags on the front fenders to pick up my prize. Thanks!
DrWatson · 70-79, M
@swirlie I expect oodles of flags.

 
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