Abacus -> Abaci Bonus
Click here to visit a cool site on the Abacus.
What # is being displayed by the abacus in the picture?
Also, one bonus point for the first person to list ten words that, like Abacus, change from a us to an i in the plural form.
posted by Peter Welch at Saturday, October 21, 2006
18 Comments:
The answer to the Abacus problem is 123,456
Nathaniel
6:05 PM
Correct - nice work.
5:22 PM
genii, cacti, octapi, cumuli(plural of cumulus),alumni, sylibi,stimuli, nuclei, radii(plural of radius), and finally fungii(plural of fungus)-Daniel Krane 6W
7:36 PM
PLURAL
cactus-cacti
alumnus-alumni
locus-loci
rectus-recti
radius-radii
octopus-octopi
hippopotamus-hippopotami
syllabus-syllabi
terminus-termini
nucleus-nuclei
CHAE WON
7:46 PM
Superb work, Daniel; you have proven yourself one of the cognoscenti of the English language and earned a bonus point in the process!
7:48 PM
Nice job, Chae-Won! Even though your post was a few minutes after Daniel's you had several words that were not on his list, so I'll still give you a bonus point.
7:50 PM
mr. welch, can my team do an offday trade? - Daniel Krane
8:58 PM
Sure. Just give me the slip on Tuesday.
9:07 PM
000000123456!
Dimitar
9:56 PM
Can my team do a trade on the stock market game??? I wasn't sure wat daniel was talking about. KEVIN
8:19 PM
Sure thing, Kevin.
8:52 PM
abici
abaculi
alumni
acini
cacti
hippopotami
nuclei
homunculi
improvisatori
octopi
incubi
radii
rhinoceri
simuli
succubi
tori
there it is
- Michaelagain
7:18 PM
are homework writer didnt write do dictionary entry and i just saw it and its pretty annoying. I know im good at life. will u look at DE tommorow?
-Conor
9:31 PM
lol go conor
im just as good
-the amazing chewysquirrel
9:13 PM
I finally figured out how to post a comment.
Alex W.
9:19 PM
2 much HW
Alex
9:19 PM
Mr. Welch
Why do we HAVE to go to school?? Why can't we all get tutors to teech us for 1 hour each day? It sounds more fun
11:37 AM
Everybody,
I made a website... but I forgot the name.
Alex W.
11:38 AM
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