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djm wrote:Two pints Guinness is correct. It is common in English to drop the pronunciation of the plural when a noun ends in double "s".

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Nope! It's Oirish Anglish, so 'twould be 'Guinnesses' If you are in a Proteshtant house or a upper class Dublin establishment then you have to say 2 Guinness, if you dont say it right the Prosteshtants will throw you into the Guinness tank in the basement to educate and convert you to their ways. Afterward they will make you say over and over again 'O'im Ian Plasley and I sells Bibles across the Border to them heathen Oirish'
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I'll remember that if I want people to think I have pretensions to Dublin 4 status, or reveal that my mom is a Whinnery.

I know a couple of bartenders hereabouts who pluralise "Guinness" as "Guinn-eye". Sounds sort of Anglo-Vulgate.
Actually, I say "Guinn-eye" myself. Darn, I thought I was so clever, conjugating Guinness like that. Oh well, it sounds purty good in KY.

.... "Guinn-aramus"?

.... Guinneas?
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Guinnoi. Guinnessi. Guinnessen. Guinnessar.
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Guinno, Guinneas, Guinnat.
Guinnabus, Guinnatis, Guinnant.

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Amo Guinneam.

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Maybe the Irish plural would be Guinneis?
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SteveShaw wrote:Amo Guinneam.

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Nanohedron wrote:Maybe the Irish plural would be Guinneis?
Is he related to Aeneas? Arma virumque beer-o ...
Or maybe Stouta virumque cano ... is better.

After all, who needs weapons when you've got beer?
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Dudess, I so do not have any Latin, other than the odd quote. And that is not one of them.
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Nanohedron wrote:Dudess, I so do not have any Latin, other than the odd quote. And that is not one of them.
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I'm thinking the verbal form works best:

Guinnere est Amare
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Nanohedron wrote:Dudess, I so do not have any Latin, other than the odd quote.
Only the odd quote? That's a deficiency in my book! To me, having a few Latin quotes to hand is a sine qua non. :lol:

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Uinnessgay twoum, tar benderum.

(when in Rome ... )

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djm wrote:Uinnessgay twoum, tar benderum.

(when in Rome ... )

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Wormdiet wrote:I'm thinking the verbal form works best:

Guinnere est Amare
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Cathy Wilde wrote:
SteveShaw wrote:Amo Guinneam.

Stevius
:lol:!

All hail!
I just remembered something from 40 years ago. Should I have put the verb at the end? Should it therefore be Guinneam amo?

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He jested, quaff'd and swore."

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