Engadget investigates: Is it "iPod shuffles" or "iPods shuffle"?
posted January 19th 2005 2:40PM
It took us a few days of harrassing Apple's PR department, but we were finally able to answer one of the most burning questions of the past seven days: Is it "iPod shuffles" or "iPods shuffle?" Here's a transcript of our conversation:
US: Thanks for calling us back. We have a really important question for you. How do you pluralize "iPod shuffle?"
APPLE: Like in a sentence?
US: Yeah, like would you say "iPod shuffles" or "iPods shuffle?"
APPLE: Huh. "iPod shuffles." It's "iPod shuffles."
US: Are you sure? Would you mind double-checking, because people do say "attorneys general" and not "attorney generals." We don't want to offend William Safire and write the wrong thing.
APPLE: Let me ask someone here. [Puts us on hold for a minute.] Yeah, it's "iPod shuffles."
US: Thanks!
Surely the plural of 'iPod' is 'wePod'?
boooring
the plural is triPod
iPod Shuffle vs. iPod shuffle: The website is pretty clear on this by example: It's always iPod shuffle, even in titles.
first of this is just funny;
In Culs de sac the first s is silent; so it's pronounced the same as the singular.
Our on going debate is as folows; my parents have a bird feeder, and so, a number of wild birds, including; titmice, titmouses or (preferred) tits mouse.
opinions?
Why not just "iShuffle"?
also is there a battery indicator?
JP: googlewars says titmice (and quite overwhelmingly so)