I use THEM BOTH!!!
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msbelle - Feb 24, 2010 6:20:17 am PST #10367 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
tommyrot - Feb 24, 2010 6:21:04 am PST #10368 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
ION, my old knee injury has been bugging me again. But now it's happening if I sit for a long time - when I get up, my knee hurts for a few minutes. What's up with that?
Frankenbuddha - Feb 24, 2010 6:24:35 am PST #10369 of 30001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
OK, I will hypothesize that "a split" is in the Northeast, "the splits" elsewhere.
The only context I ever hear "a split" before today was to refer to a house (short for "a split-level"). So I don't think it's a Northeast thing
megan walker - Feb 24, 2010 6:24:47 am PST #10370 of 30001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
So would you say banana splits?
It's not a word I use very often, but I've never heard the plural in reference to dance or gymnastics.
ETA: Except in the case of "she often does splits in her routine" (but not "the splits").
tommyrot - Feb 24, 2010 6:26:08 am PST #10371 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Ginger - Feb 24, 2010 6:26:39 am PST #10372 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
But now it's happening if I sit for a long time - when I get up, my knee hurts for a few minutes.
I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but it sounds like arthritis.
tommyrot - Feb 24, 2010 6:27:47 am PST #10373 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but it sounds like arthritis.
Yeah, when I had my accident back in '91, a doctor told me I'd probably get arthritis in that knee when I got older.
Still, I was hoping it wouldn't happen for a few more decades....
Frankenbuddha - Feb 24, 2010 6:28:41 am PST #10374 of 30001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
So would you say banana splits?
Earwormed now.
Heh, I see tommyrot went to the same place.
Waits for our resident Bubblegum Music expert to make an appearence.
megan walker - Feb 24, 2010 6:29:39 am PST #10375 of 30001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
The same reason "pants" and "scissors" are plural?
But that's because it's a "pair of pants" and a "pair of scissors". To me split is from the verb. I'm just fascinated that I've never heard this.
Barb - Feb 24, 2010 6:31:18 am PST #10376 of 30001
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I've only ever used "a split" generally in reference to skating or ballet move. Sometimes it would be "splits" by itself, as in "I'm going to practice splits," but that's the only time I can think of that I used it as a plural.
I've never heard "the splits."