Guest Posted November 26, 2007 Report Share Posted November 26, 2007 How many Car model names can you come up with that are plural nouns? For instance, if a Plymouth Road Runner was called a Road Runners, that would count. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted November 26, 2007 Report Share Posted November 26, 2007 Can't think of a single one unless you count the 400, 500 etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 bonanova Posted November 26, 2007 Report Share Posted November 26, 2007 Hah! Cute. The reverse of Soccer teams [so called by us colonists] surprisingly having singular names as opposed to say Minnesota Vikings. Like WB, I'm thinking - and I've enlisted the aid of an automobile historian friend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted November 26, 2007 Report Share Posted November 26, 2007 so far 26. actually this would be a whole lot harder if it were cars that aren't plural nouns escort or escorts (raunchy yes) mustang or mustangs (horse) Avalanche-avalanches (snow) pinto-pintos (horse) sonata-sonatas (poetic song) spyder-spyders (if you adjust the spelling) elipse-eclipses (the sun) ram-rams (animal) rabbit-rabbits (animal) bug-bugs (insects) beetle-beetles (insects) Mazda Bongo-bongos (instrument) viper-vipers (snake) explorer-explorers demon-demons probe-probes (haha) Cobra-cobras (snake) colt-colts (horse) barracuda-barracudas (fish) phantom-phantoms (ghost) hunter-hunters mirage-mirages (an illusion) capri-capris (pants) corona-coronas (beer) prowler-prowlers Grimlin-grimlins (don't put gas in it after midnight, and don't wash it) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted November 26, 2007 Report Share Posted November 26, 2007 Sorry if I wasn't clear enough, Linzd21, but I'm not looking for car model names that can be pluralized, but car model names that already are. My example of Plymouth Road Runner was to show that if it were called a "Road Runners" it would count, but since it isn't- it doesn't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted November 27, 2007 Report Share Posted November 27, 2007 Mercury marquis (is a singular and also a plural) Pontiac Lemans Porsche 911S (there is an 'S' on the end ) Cadillac Deville Concours Kia Spectra I cannot think of any more Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted November 27, 2007 Report Share Posted November 27, 2007 Kia Spectra and Mercury marquis work, but not the rest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted November 27, 2007 Report Share Posted November 27, 2007 From Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This ------------------------------------- lem·an (lìm'?n, l?'m?n) Pronunciation Key n. Archaic 1. A sweetheart; a lover. 2. A mistress. ------------------------------------- con·cours /Fr. k???kur; Eng. k???k??r/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[Fr. kawn-koor; Eng. kong-koor] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation –noun, plural -cours /Fr. -?kur; Eng. -?k??rz/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[Fr. -koor; Eng. -koorz] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation. 1. a public contest or competition. 2. concours d'élégance. ------------------------------------- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted November 27, 2007 Report Share Posted November 27, 2007 I was looking for words that are definitely meant to be plural. I'm not sure even Marquis works in that instance. I doubt GM meant for the Lemans to be to be the word that is defined as "a sweetheart; a lovera mistress" or that Concours was meant to be a plural, but okay, since they fit the requirements as described in the OP, so far we got: 1. Mercury Marquis 2. Pontiac Lemans 3. Cadillac Deville Concours 4. Kia Spectra Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted November 27, 2007 Report Share Posted November 27, 2007 Marquis is singular. If you say it aloud it's /mahr-kee/ not /mahr-keez/. It's spelled the same, but it's not plural as applied to the automobile. The LeMans is also singular. It's named after the french city (LeMans), not the archaic word for "lover" (which would be lemans). Hence the capital "M". The Cadillac Deville Concours is actually a shortened form of "concours d'elegance" so to be plural it would have to be "concourses" or "concours d'elegances" Great job on Spectra though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 bonanova Posted November 27, 2007 Report Share Posted November 27, 2007 Going for plural endings, whether meaningful or not, 5. Maxima - pl of maximum 6. Integra - pl of ? [iffy] might be f. of integer, with n. being integrum, rather than pl. 7. Accura - for that matter, but it's even farther off the track. Kudos to my unnamed friend, [who also suggested Spectra]. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted November 27, 2007 Report Share Posted November 27, 2007 I will concede all but the Spectra, since I was just shooting from the hip with them I forgot about the Maxima though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted November 27, 2007 Report Share Posted November 27, 2007 I'm pretty sure Integra and Acura are just made up words by the manufacturer (plus Acura isn't a model). So far we have two definites: 1. Kia Spectra 2. Nissan Maxima Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted November 29, 2007 Report Share Posted November 29, 2007 OOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!. now see that is a bit harder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted November 30, 2007 Report Share Posted November 30, 2007 Sorry - there are no car names with plural nouns. Take The Kia Spectra - there is one Kia Spectra or two or more Kia Spectras (note the s at the end of the word). We say Spectras, therefore the singular, in this case, is Spectra. It's kind of like asking how many human names are plural - unless you are a queen or insane, you don't identify yourself as we - merely I. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 bonanova Posted November 30, 2007 Report Share Posted November 30, 2007 Sorry - there are no car names with plural nouns. Maxima is [a] a car model name and the plural form of the noun maximum. Spectra is [a] a car model name and the plural from of the noun spectrum. Maximas is the plural of "car named maxima" and pluralizes the notion of "car". Referring to a single Maxima car does not make the car's name singular, as you suggest. It's kind of like asking how many human names are plural Mark 5:9 And he asked him, What is thy name? And he answered, saying, My name is Legion: for we are many. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 bonanova Posted November 30, 2007 Report Share Posted November 30, 2007 Moving along ... how about Mazda Millenia? Possible objection to Millenia is it's not spelled Millennia, so it's suggestive of, not identical to, a plural word. There's also the Kia Optima. Optimim is both noun and adjective. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted November 30, 2007 Report Share Posted November 30, 2007 Optima definitely works but you raised a good objection to Millenia, so that one's iffy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 bonanova Posted December 1, 2007 Report Share Posted December 1, 2007 Bentley Brooklands? [url:99581]http://www.leftlanenews.com/bentley-brooklands.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted December 2, 2007 Report Share Posted December 2, 2007 Bentley Brooklands? Nah. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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