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"Door stop" plural is "door stops" not "stops door."

You example of "attorneys general" is an example of an adjective and a noun, not a verb/noun pair. This would be more applicable if the name was something like "iPod White." This name plural could be "iPod White" becoming "iPods White."

Just realized... I should be working! :-S]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/01/19/engadget-investigates-is-it-ipod-shuffles-or-ipods/http://www.engadget.com/2005/01/19/engadget-investigates-is-it-ipod-shuffles-or-ipods/
"Door stop" plural is "door stops" not "stops door."

I clearly meant...

"Door stop" plural is "door stops" not "doors stop."

Ok, for real now, back to work...]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/01/19/engadget-investigates-is-it-ipod-shuffles-or-ipods/http://www.engadget.com/2005/01/19/engadget-investigates-is-it-ipod-shuffles-or-ipods/Dec 19th 2005 12:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/01/19/engadget-investigates-is-it-ipod-shuffles-or-ipods/http://www.engadget.com/2005/01/19/engadget-investigates-is-it-ipod-shuffles-or-ipods/Dec 19th 2005 12:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/01/19/engadget-investigates-is-it-ipod-shuffles-or-ipods/http://www.engadget.com/2005/01/19/engadget-investigates-is-it-ipod-shuffles-or-ipods/
http://engadget.com/entry/1234000707027235/#comments

I meant it as a joke (a la the Onion article that Brian posted as a follow-up). I had no idea it would spark a head-scratching debate.

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My 2 cents :)]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/01/19/engadget-investigates-is-it-ipod-shuffles-or-ipods/http://www.engadget.com/2005/01/19/engadget-investigates-is-it-ipod-shuffles-or-ipods/I'm going to go with Ipod Shuffli like fungi, octopi, etc......]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/01/19/engadget-investigates-is-it-ipod-shuffles-or-ipods/http://www.engadget.com/2005/01/19/engadget-investigates-is-it-ipod-shuffles-or-ipods/Dec 19th 2005 12:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/01/19/engadget-investigates-is-it-ipod-shuffles-or-ipods/http://www.engadget.com/2005/01/19/engadget-investigates-is-it-ipod-shuffles-or-ipods/Dec 19th 2005 12:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/01/19/engadget-investigates-is-it-ipod-shuffles-or-ipods/http://www.engadget.com/2005/01/19/engadget-investigates-is-it-ipod-shuffles-or-ipods/Dec 19th 2005 12:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/01/19/engadget-investigates-is-it-ipod-shuffles-or-ipods/http://www.engadget.com/2005/01/19/engadget-investigates-is-it-ipod-shuffles-or-ipods/Dec 19th 2005 12:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/01/19/engadget-investigates-is-it-ipod-shuffles-or-ipods/http://www.engadget.com/2005/01/19/engadget-investigates-is-it-ipod-shuffles-or-ipods/
And for the lowbrow among us, remember that it's "Carl's Jr" not "Carl Jr's". So it wouldn't be "my ipod shuffle's case" but "my ipod's shuffle case". Hm. Or would it? perhaps time for another call to the fine marketing folks at Apple.]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/01/19/engadget-investigates-is-it-ipod-shuffles-or-ipods/http://www.engadget.com/2005/01/19/engadget-investigates-is-it-ipod-shuffles-or-ipods/
Yo cDub... lighten up dude! I almost squirted beverage via nostrils over this one. Thanks Peter!]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/01/19/engadget-investigates-is-it-ipod-shuffles-or-ipods/http://www.engadget.com/2005/01/19/engadget-investigates-is-it-ipod-shuffles-or-ipods/
Five Toyotas Celica ? No, Five Toyota Celicas.
Two Corollas Sportivo ? No, Two Corolla Sportivos.

One iPod Shuffle. Multiple iPod Shuffles !!! The entire "iPod Shuffle" is the noun !!

PS Yes this might be inane, but that doesn't mean it isn't fun !
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or

ford foci

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Do not eat iPod shuffles

*/]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/01/19/engadget-investigates-is-it-ipod-shuffles-or-ipods/http://www.engadget.com/2005/01/19/engadget-investigates-is-it-ipod-shuffles-or-ipods/
As "Carl's Jr." is written, it is possessive (i.e., someone named Carl owns something called a "Jr."). Wrong example. The apostrophe is just plain wrong. If it's intended to be plural, that isn't the way to punctuate it.

As for the Shuffli, I'm going with iPod Shuffles. Why?

- Shuffle is not an adjective, people. It's a verb. It qualifies nothing. It's an action (to shuffle), so it's a verb

- Also, in context, the word "shuffle" is being used in a trademarked product name, to create a single proper noun, "iPod Shuffle". It's not an iPod, it's an iPod Shuffle. And, without iPod, "shuffle" is nothing but a verb. So, we have to pluralize the whole she-bang.

iPod Shuffles.

Or, as Dithermaster noted -- when you get past the theorizing -- it will ACTUALLY be "iPod Shuffle music players".


Shasta
www.wad-o-spirit.com]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/01/19/engadget-investigates-is-it-ipod-shuffles-or-ipods/http://www.engadget.com/2005/01/19/engadget-investigates-is-it-ipod-shuffles-or-ipods/Dec 19th 2005 12:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/01/19/engadget-investigates-is-it-ipod-shuffles-or-ipods/http://www.engadget.com/2005/01/19/engadget-investigates-is-it-ipod-shuffles-or-ipods/Dec 19th 2005 12:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/01/19/engadget-investigates-is-it-ipod-shuffles-or-ipods/http://www.engadget.com/2005/01/19/engadget-investigates-is-it-ipod-shuffles-or-ipods/
ie. Jennifer Garner's playlist]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/01/19/engadget-investigates-is-it-ipod-shuffles-or-ipods/http://www.engadget.com/2005/01/19/engadget-investigates-is-it-ipod-shuffles-or-ipods/
So for it to be 'iPods shuffle,' Steve-O would need to say that, though the iPod Shuffle was designed by Apple in California, it needs to be made plural by the French.]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/01/19/engadget-investigates-is-it-ipod-shuffles-or-ipods/http://www.engadget.com/2005/01/19/engadget-investigates-is-it-ipod-shuffles-or-ipods/Dec 19th 2005 12:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/01/19/engadget-investigates-is-it-ipod-shuffles-or-ipods/http://www.engadget.com/2005/01/19/engadget-investigates-is-it-ipod-shuffles-or-ipods/Dec 19th 2005 12:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/01/19/engadget-investigates-is-it-ipod-shuffles-or-ipods/http://www.engadget.com/2005/01/19/engadget-investigates-is-it-ipod-shuffles-or-ipods/Dec 19th 2005 12:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/01/19/engadget-investigates-is-it-ipod-shuffles-or-ipods/http://www.engadget.com/2005/01/19/engadget-investigates-is-it-ipod-shuffles-or-ipods/
Reminds me of listening to all the virgins in the high-school locker room.]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/01/19/engadget-investigates-is-it-ipod-shuffles-or-ipods/http://www.engadget.com/2005/01/19/engadget-investigates-is-it-ipod-shuffles-or-ipods/Dec 19th 2005 12:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/01/19/engadget-investigates-is-it-ipod-shuffles-or-ipods/http://www.engadget.com/2005/01/19/engadget-investigates-is-it-ipod-shuffles-or-ipods/foci is the real word (used only in math though)

i agree to both that this is a useless post and that it is funny

Shuffli is stupid, there is no -us

iPod Shuffles and iPods Shuffle, who cares?
just use iPod Shuffle when using plural like all the tms i know
i.e. iPod Shuffle music players like said above]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/01/19/engadget-investigates-is-it-ipod-shuffles-or-ipods/http://www.engadget.com/2005/01/19/engadget-investigates-is-it-ipod-shuffles-or-ipods/Dec 19th 2005 12:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/01/19/engadget-investigates-is-it-ipod-shuffles-or-ipods/http://www.engadget.com/2005/01/19/engadget-investigates-is-it-ipod-shuffles-or-ipods/
http://www.apple.com/support/ipodshuffle/service/faq/
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How about 'iPod Shuffle' being plurel for its self?

I bought 4 iPod Shuffle yesterday.

ehhhh?]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/01/19/engadget-investigates-is-it-ipod-shuffles-or-ipods/http://www.engadget.com/2005/01/19/engadget-investigates-is-it-ipod-shuffles-or-ipods/
~wC]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/01/19/engadget-investigates-is-it-ipod-shuffles-or-ipods/http://www.engadget.com/2005/01/19/engadget-investigates-is-it-ipod-shuffles-or-ipods/Dec 19th 2005 12:09AM