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8 hours

What is the plural of half-and-half?

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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    • ℕ𝕖𝕞𝕠@slrpnk.net
      3 hours

      It’s already plural, like pants.

      • ProfessorScience@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3 hours

        Half ands half.

        • okwhateverdude@lemmy.worldEnglish
          7 hours

          The contents are innumerable. This is like asking what the plural of water is. The container, however, is numerable. You already answered your own question “little shots of creamer”. You enumerated the containers: “shots”

          • kambusha@sh.itjust.works
            8 hours

            I’ll half what she’s half-and-halfing

            • Che Banana@beehaw.org
              8 hours

              Always said Half n Half.

              ‘Get a case of half n half’

              Like moose, deer, sheep, etc… the plural is also a singular

                • MrWrinkles@leminal.space
                  7 hours

                  This was my guess, but I vaguely recall esoteric grammar for compound words? I am struggling for another example. Johnnies-come-lately?

                    • Che Banana@beehaw.org
                      1 hour

                      Johnny comes lately?

                      …wait

                      • DampSquid@feddit.uk
                        5 hours

                        Like Govenors General

                    • hexagonwin@lemmy.today
                      7 hours

                      TIL https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Half_and_half

                        • MrWrinkles@leminal.space
                          6 hours

                          Found it in Wiktionary, thanks! Bookmarking that.

                        • sorghum@sh.itjust.works
                          8 hours

                          More half and half

                          • Elvith Ma'for@feddit.org
                            7 hours

                            half-and-half = 0.5 + 0.5 = 1
                            two half-and-half(s) = (0.5 + 0.5) × 2 = 1 × 2 = 2
                            three half-and-half(s) = (0.5 + 0.5) × 3 = 1 × 2 = 3
                            …

                              • BlueÆther@no.lastname.nz
                                7 hours

                                ???

                                1/2 x 1/2 = 1/4

                                  • Elvith Ma'for@feddit.org
                                    7 hours

                                    Argh, I meant + and then did a copy and paste error

                                    It’s half AND half, not half TIMES half after all

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