Pedant's Corner

[asbean]

"money" is an uncountable or non count noun. Like wine, rice information etc.   It becomes countable if you define it differently - coins, notes, glasses, bottles, grains, pieces etc.  There are circumstances with a lot of uncountable nouns where they can become countable (monies sometimes), hair (waiter, there's a hair in my soup).

[asbean]

[Rhubarb Thrasher]

If you look on the coin it says 'one penny'.

as i don't get out of bed for less than 30K, all this talk about pennies is lost on me  ;D (I wish btw)

[grawrc]

The plural of "money" is either "moneys" or "monies"; the plural of "trolley", which can also be spelt "trolly", can be either "trolleys" or "trollies". All these variants are acceptable.

[Rhubarb Thrasher]

The word i don't like is "flammable". What was wrong with inflammable? Just because some people burnt themselves to death because they didn't know that "in-" doesn't always mean "not". Let them all fry!!

[tonybloke]

and why does phonetic start with a P??

[valmarg]

The plural of "money" is either "moneys" or "monies"; the plural of "trolley", which can also be spelt "trolly", can be either "trolleys" or "trollies". All these variants are acceptable.

I agree about money, but I understand that trolleys and trollies have completely different meanings.

Trolleys are what you push round a supermarket.  Trollies are knickers, as in 'she'll drop her trollies for anybody'. ;D ;D ;D

valmarg

[Rhubarb Thrasher]

and why is abbreviation such a long word?

[betula]

The plural of "money" is either "moneys" or "monies"; the plural of "trolley", which can also be spelt "trolly", can be either "trolleys" or "trollies". All these variants are acceptable.

I agree about money, but I understand that trolleys and trollies have completely different meanings.

Trolleys are what you push round a supermarket.  Trollies are knickers, as in 'she'll drop her trollies for anybody'. ;D ;D ;D

valmarg

Never heard that one before,is this another Saturday night posting ;D

[grawrc]

The plural of "money" is either "moneys" or "monies"; the plural of "trolley", which can also be spelt "trolly", can be either "trolleys" or "trollies". All these variants are acceptable.

I agree about money, but I understand that trolleys and trollies have completely different meanings.

Trolleys are what you push round a supermarket.  Trollies are knickers, as in 'she'll drop her trollies for anybody'. ;D ;D ;D

valmarg

Ah the Oxford English dictionary will be wrong then! :o :o

[valmarg]

We've only got the 2004 version of the Concise OED, and 'trollies' is not in, but I think it is more a Lancashire dialect word.

valmarg

[asbean]

I've never dropped my trollies - my knickers, perhaps, in my dim and distant past, but never trollies  :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o

[tonybloke]

I think 'trollies' is a railway term, meaning a part of the under-carriage?

[saddad]

I prefer Trolly Dollies myself...  ::)

[saddad]

Are non-count nouns like collective nouns? Or is that a Marxist/Leninist term for totally confused?  :o

[valmarg]

In my case most definitely.  But also not 'absolutely'. ;D ;D

valmarg

[GrannieAnnie]

Sorry GrannieAnnie, the plural of money is moneys.  The 'change the y into i and add es' rule has wrongly been used.  The result would be moneies. ;D

Another word ending in ey is trolley, the plural of which is trolleys.  I you use trollies, I think that's something up North they wear under their kecks. ;D

valmarg

According to Miriam-Webster both spellings are correct "inflected Form(s):
    plural moneys or mon·ies "    I guess if it is good enough for them it is good enough for me.

[Rhubarb Thrasher]

the only time i've heard trollies used was by Mike Harding