>Date: Mon, 10 Oct 94 10:03:34 -0700
>From: Eugene Hunn <hunn at u.washington.edu>
>
>On another issue of language: I have noticed a tendency (which I find
>slightly irritating) to leave of the "-s" in pluralizing bird names
>.. What do you all think?

This seems to be a general trend in the (American English?) language.
I'm irritated by the devolvement of "pants" into "pant", and "jeans" into
"jean". If only we could hold back the tide!