dis2@houxm.UUCP (A.NESTOR) (11/29/84)
In response to the food games posting, I offer:
Singular Plural Adjective Verb?
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soy soyim soyish
hominy hominies hominic
slouse slice slousy
sorghum sorgha sorghumnal
derma dermata dermatic
bananum banana bananable
molass molasses molassical
lox loxen loxenish
Pyrex Pyrices Pyrical
Postum Postea Posthumous
bread breads breaden
tumer tumers tumeric
tomato tomati tomato
potato potateaux* potatesse
asparagus asparagi asparaginal
beef beeves beefetic
beer beer beerful
couscous coicoera couscousous
slaw slaws slavian
roughage roughagi roughageous
gurk gherkin gherkindred
chick chicken chicken
teum tea tetious
tarragonon tarragon terragonal
dim sum da sa dim summary
catup catsup cattyup
A-1 Sauce Asome Sauce Asaucy
monosodium ploysodium ambisodium
glutamate glutamate glutamaceous
* I have seen this on menus both in New York City and Quebec City!!
Verbal forms are left to the reader.
Creighton Clarke
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