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It's 'tulpas', not 'tulpae'


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How do you like to pluralize tulpa?  

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  1. 1. How do you like to pluralize tulpa?

    • Tulpa
      5
    • Tulpas
      39
    • Tulpi
      1
    • Tulpae
      27


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English is based off of Latin. You can't just break away from it like that. A language can outgrow it's roots, but Engrish hasn't as of yet.

 

Stick with tupperware.

 

English has its roots everywhere, mang. English ain't Latin, Latin/Roman alphabet ain't Latin. It's just a way to write a language, a lot of languages use that same script, but you're not calling them Latin, right?

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English has its roots everywhere, mang. English ain't Latin, Latin/Roman alphabet ain't Latin. It's just a way to write a language, a lot of languages use that same script, but you're not calling them Latin, right?

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We all know that. I prefer "tulpae" over "tulpas" because it sounds cooler, and I have a lisp so I can't make the "s" sound.

(Also, whoever invented the word "lisp" is a total asshole. "Don't laugh, I can't thay the th thound becauthe I have a lithp!")

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"Tupper" and "tupperware" reminds me of when I get to take leftovers from last night's dinner to school instead of a sandwich. It makes it sound like we're gonna use them to hold our lunch or something.

Why not don't we use "tulpa" as a plural and a singular like we do with "sheep" and "fish"?

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You could do that but it would have the same problem as all the other words that have the same singular and plural: confusion. It's not always obvious if you're talking about one or multiple sheep. Funnily enough, Roswell uses tulpa as the plural???

 

Tupperware is still the best.

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I use "they" as a plural and a singular as well.

I don't find "sheep" and "fish" confusing.

"That sheep" = 1 sheep.

"Those sheep"= multiple sheep.

 

People using "tulpa" or any other word as both should probably say "My tulpa" for one tulpa and "My two tulpa" for two tulpa etc...

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