last day in Belfast

[kaberett]

So I spent yesterday curled up on the chaise longue facing the river, and was at one point very startled by an Unfamiliar Birds. They were mostly black, and sort of pointy, and approximately coot-sized but rather more streamlined, and had some very dashing white patches on their flanks associated with their wings. After a bit of poking around, I am tentatively identifying them as white-winged scoters; by the time I'd scared up some photographs of same they'd vanished from sight.

Also yesterday: fun and games with uncommon suffices.

Comments

[child_of_the_air]

Wait, is "suffices" how British English pluralizes "suffix"? I've never seen anything other than "suffixes" in the US, and was confused....

[kaberett]

No, but I think it should be for the sake of consistency. :-)

[child_of_the_air]

Hah. I admit I see the appeal.

But while I consistently want to pluralize "Alex" as "Alecces", I feel like most of the Alexes I know wouldn't want to sound so similar to "Alices".

[davidgillon]

What if they're an Aleks?

[child_of_the_air]

Hmm...I don't recall if I know any of those.

At some point I just have to give up on names and give my friends serial numbers.

[davidgillon]

Given surplice to surplices, I don't think you're being unreasonable ;)

[fyreharper]

CUSTARD :D