Comments | kai_lis: aldfkskl ballet terms dammit

kai_lis

aldfkskl ballet terms dammit

Dec 27, 2009 01:59

So. Pas de deux.

How do I pluralize that term? When the rest of the sentence (... and fic, yes) is English, I mean. I'm sure I can't just stick an "s" on the end, and google is telling me I should just leave it, but my two AM grammar instinct is informing me that I have to do something to indicate that I'm referring to more than one, and it's ( Read more... )

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serika_san December 27 2009, 19:40:19 UTC

I don't know, either. My first thought would have been to leave it as it is, but yeah... that seems kind of weird, too.

kai_lis December 27 2009, 19:52:26 UTC

Yeah, that's what I ended up going with. It was probably just a case of me over-thinking it anyway. XD;;

hungrytiger11 December 28 2009, 01:11:15 UTC

Well, I'm pretty sure in french you could do pas des deux, right?

kai_lis December 28 2009, 02:47:24 UTC

Yeah, I just wasn't sure how to handle using the term in an English context.

Excellent icon, incidentally.

hungrytiger11 December 28 2009, 03:24:18 UTC

This is a dance move isn't it? I think the french plural would work, though if its a character speaking, it might depend on age and familiarity with dance...

PS thanks!