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What is the plural of half-and-half? (leminal.space)

submitted 1 week ago by MrWrinkles@leminal.space to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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You know those little shots of creamer they serve at the diner? (Intergalactic House of Pancakes, in this case).

Half-and-halves? Half-and-halfs?

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[–] okwhateverdude@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Nah, the orders themselves are numerable. "How many orders of water do you want?" That you colloquially shorten it to "waters" is irrelevant. Even if you needed to order by volume, you would ask for UNITs (liter, gallon, barrel, etc.) of water.

[–] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

You also colloquially shorten it to half and halfs.