Date:  Fri, 1 Dec 1995 08:57:50 -0500

From:  SETH SKLAREY <crissiet[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]IPOF.FLA.NET>

Subject: <No subject given>



Wayne Glowka wrote:



The plural (or whatever it is) of heartburn seems related to the similar

>phenomenon in "cramps," "measles," "hives," "the dry heaves," "the runs,"

>"scabbies," "the farts," "the shits," "hiccups/hiccoughs," "the Hershey

>squirts," "mumps," and others I cannot think of. Surely, a bit of folk

>etymology could make "rabies" out to be some kind of plural.

>

>On occasion, I have joked and claimed that I had "the burps," "the gasses,"

>and "the dribble pisses."

>

>

>Wayne Glowka

>Professor of English

>Director of Research and Graduate Student Services

>Georgia College

>Milledgeville, GA 31061

>912-453-4222

>wglowka[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]mail.gac.peachnet.edu



No wonder nobody wants to room with you at the conventions!! : )