Yoo Hoo - Anybody Home Here??

Tim, you're such a nice man. Now that Patti girl on the beer boat, she's quite another matter. Yes, yes, I know. You happened to drop in to my office one day last month to find me engaged in a very rare undertaking. I was actually taking a brief peek at the C-Brat site. What are the chances of that! Still: Busted.

Not by the work boss but by the Brat Boss. Oh, I tried to tell her she'd just witnessed the equivalent odds of Haileigh's Comet, but I guess she's not one to embrace the truth.

Still employed, just looking.
 
Hi everyone,

I live on the Wet Coast of BC - Southern Vancouver Island to be exact. I am looking for a used C-Dory 16 cruiser. There are a couple listed in the C-Dorys for sale, but I haven't been able to get a response from anyone. Any ideas?

Paul Friis
 
For the last 4 weeks, John and I have been following all the exciting events things that you C-Brats have been doing. Of course, we have been following everything on the C-Brat web site. Three weeks ago, John had a 5 way by-pass surgery, which ended his boating for this season. He had a couple of set backs, but is doing great now. He goes down and sits on Judy Blue Eyes, and even started the motor. Talk about a bummer, he finally gets the boat he has dreamed about, and was only able to enjoy it for about 6 weeks. We can hardly wait until next year! Thanks for all the good wishes....Judy and John
 
Hope everything works out well for you folks, that is a tough deal. Just a minor quibble - technically, we do not recognize a boating "season" here in the Pub...we are pretty much twelve month'ers - so if John feels up to in November, December, January, February or whenever - no need to wait for the start of boating season for the blue blazer and ascot crowd...
JudyBlueEyes":1cvd2awc said:
For the last 4 weeks, John and I have been following all the exciting events things that you C-Brats have been doing. Of course, we have been following everything on the C-Brat web site. Three weeks ago, John had a 5 way by-pass surgery, which ended his boating for this season. He had a couple of set backs, but is doing great now. He goes down and sits on Judy Blue Eyes, and even started the motor. Talk about a bummer, he finally gets the boat he has dreamed about, and was only able to enjoy it for about 6 weeks. We can hardly wait until next year! Thanks for all the good wishes....Judy and John
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OK, for the grammar gurus out there...what is the plural of "C-Dory"? Now, the plural of "dory" according to dictionary.com (ain't that a kick? Now the old-fashioned paper dictionary is completely obsolete, it never could keep up with usage anyway...) is "dories." But C-Dory is a brand name. So somehow "C-Dories" does not look right. I favor and generally use "C-Dorys." For sure, I know it is not "C-Dory's," as the apostrophy-s is NEVER plural but rather either a contraction or the possessive, no matter how many people massacre that one. Hey - STOP that snoring and pay attention over there!

So, I put it to all of you, and especially to Jeff Messmer and Scott Matthews - how do you refer to multiple boats of the C-Dory persuasion? And DON'T say C-Pod! Is it "C-Dories" or "C-Dorys" or what?? Inquiring minds (with nothing better to do at 5:00 pm on a Friday afternoon) want to know!
 
Pat Anderson":1cted5gs said:
OK, for the grammar gurus out there...what is the plural of "C-Dory"?
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C-Dorys. Proper nouns ending in Y are never changed to IES for the plural form.

Google it - you'll find a bunch of references like this (about 1/3 down under "Special Cases".)
 
I would say C-Dory should be both singular and plural. Similar to elk, deer et al. Don't see many elks or deers. Besides, "There goes a pod of C-Dory" sounds rather sophisticated.
Allen
 
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