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Haileyburiana is a miscellany of things I got up to as President of the Haileybury Society in 2010 - 2011 and random musings on things to do with Haileybury. Whether you are an OH, a current pupil or parent, a teacher or other friend of the school I hope you will find something interesting here. The blog is no longer regularly updated, but there may still be occasional posts.

Wednesday, October 13, 2010

Bi?

When I was a CP I had a duty for a little while making sure that the school mini busses were kept clean.

Smart modern minibus on the new car park outside Batten

But what is the plural of bus? The Master i/c in those days said that it should not be busses.

His logic was impeccable. 'Bus is a contraction of Omnibus. The plural of omnibus would be omnibi. The Plural of minibus should therefore be minibi and the plural of 'bus? 'Bi.

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