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Cabooses or Cabeese?

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Posted by garya on Sunday, March 3, 2019 11:15 AM

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tatans

Good luck Guy, trying to make any sense out of the english language, remember the word ''GHOTI" is pronounced fish, look it up.

 

 

 

But only if you break three rules of English. Gh is only F if proceeded by au or ou. Ti is "tee" unless followed by a vowel. The o as an I seems to be ambiguous but may require a w. Gh to start a word is always a hard G (ghost). 

 

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Posted by NittanyLion on Sunday, March 3, 2019 10:51 AM

tatans

Good luck Guy, trying to make any sense out of the english language, remember the word ''GHOTI" is pronounced fish, look it up.

 

But only if you break three rules of English. Gh is only F if proceeded by au or ou. Ti is "tee" unless followed by a vowel. The o as an I seems to be ambiguous but may require a w. Gh to start a word is always a hard G (ghost). 

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Posted by tatans on Sunday, March 3, 2019 10:28 AM

Good luck Guy, trying to make any sense out of the english language, remember the word ''GHOTI" is pronounced fish, look it up.

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Posted by DSchmitt on Sunday, March 3, 2019 8:27 AM

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Posted by Harrison on Sunday, March 3, 2019 7:35 AM

Whatever you want to say, we will know what you mean.

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Posted by BRAKIE on Saturday, March 2, 2019 8:01 PM

In real life railroading there is no  cabooses or cabeeses.

A example..

It is simply put caboose 4412 and 4490 on caboose S2 and pull 4477,4401 and 4454 from outbound ready and place them on Eastbound 197 ED14,Eastbound X2215, ED15 and Westbound 98 WD21 in that order..Understood?

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Posted by SeeYou190 on Saturday, March 2, 2019 6:48 PM

It is Cabooses.

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Posted by hon30critter on Saturday, March 2, 2019 6:43 PM

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Cabooses is probably correct, but cabeese works fine here and you will see it often.  Personally, I use cabeese.

Maybe if we use 'cabeese' often enough it will be added to Webster's dictionary!Smile, Wink & GrinLaughLaugh

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Posted by MisterBeasley on Saturday, March 2, 2019 6:26 PM

Cabooses is probably correct, but cabeese works fine here and you will see it often.  Personally, I use cabeese.

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Posted by RR_Mel on Saturday, March 2, 2019 6:21 PM

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Cabooses, not cabeese. ... The word caboose is a “count noun” and takes a normal count plural. For example: “To streamline operations, the railroads would like to permanently uncouple these little lookout cars from freight trains. 'Cabooses are dead weight,' says a vice president of a Western railroad.
 
 
 
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Posted by garya on Saturday, March 2, 2019 6:15 PM

Guy Papillon

I am a French speaking Canadian so English is my second language. I know that more than one goose are geese. What about more than one caboose? Cabooses or cabeese? I am seeing both on the web. What is the correct word?

 

Caboose is of indeterminate etymology, but the normal way of forming a plural in English is by adding an -s or -es, so cabooses is correct.  I always thought cabeese was a humorous formation , based on jokey parallel to geese.

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Posted by tankertoad70 on Saturday, March 2, 2019 6:13 PM

I have always heard multiple cabooses referred to, as you can see, cabooses.Cowboy

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Cabooses or Cabeese?
Posted by Guy Papillon on Saturday, March 2, 2019 6:07 PM

I am a French speaking Canadian so English is my second language. I know that more than one goose are geese. What about more than one caboose? Cabooses or cabeese? I am seeing both on the web. What is the correct word?

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