It's 'tulpas', not 'tulpae'

[Sands]

It was a joke...

[Timestalker and Psyche]

Psyche: "I will always prefer to refer to myself as a construct."

Sybil: "Where is the logic in arguing over a label? Tulpae, tulpas, tuppers, constructs, juggalos, rocks, the labels themselves do not define us, and therefor do not matter."

[Sands]

We're talking about grammar, mate.

[Scott Z]

Happy Grammar Day, Sands! This just might be the weirdest grammar discussion on the internet today. But I digress, I accept all of the plural forms mentioned in this thread. For myself, I have used 'thoughtforms' or when that didn't workm 'tulpas' as my prefered plurality; but I have to say, I am beginning to lean towards 'tulpa' instead.

[Lacquer]

Psyche: "I will always prefer to refer to myself as a construct."

Sybil: "Where is the logic in arguing over a label? Tulpae, tulpas, tuppers, constructs, juggalos, rocks, the labels themselves do not define us, and therefor do not matter."

 

Hippies.

[Guest Anonymous]

http://tulpa.info/forums/Thread-Pluralization

 

We already have this thread.

[wolke]

Considering that it isn't of Latin origin, but of Tibetan origin, it is absurd to use Latin inflection, i.e. "tulpae". One should either say 'tulpa' -- in both plural and singular, as in the original language -- or just follow standard English plauralisation (tulpas).

 

But to arbitrarily follow Latin rules of pluralisation for a Tibetan word is absurd.

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Let people say what they're going to say. It doesn't matter

 

Sure, let people say what they're going to say. People will say all kinds of illiterate things, and there's nothing we can do to stop them. But we should still educate them and point out that 'tulpa' isn't a Latin word and therefore need not conform to Latin rules of pluralisation.

[Guest Anonymous]

Tulpafuckinglamas.

[Tulpony]

I type/say "tulpae," but often catch myself thinking "tulpa." Not even "tulpas," just "tulpa."

 

Cordy: I prefer "tulpas."

Pix: "Tulpae" all the way!

 

http://tulpa.info/forums/Thread-Pluralization

 

We already have this thread.

 

And this one.

[wolke]

I think it's pretty straight forward:

 

1.) Use standard English pluralisation (tulpas)

 

2.) If you want to be pedantic, I guess you could use Tibetan pluralisation. In the Tibetan language, the plural form of tulpa is tulpa, just as in English the plural form of moose is moose.

 

3.) Or you could just translate 'tulpa' into some English equivalent (such as thoughtform, or thought-construction)

 

But to arbitrarily use Latin pluralisation for a Tibetan word is kind of silly. It is a sign of illiteracy, but I guess that's to be expected from a community that seems to have sprung from 4chan.