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mkenuk

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Balls
« on: May 03, 2020, 10:42:43 AM »
….or in Spanish bolas…….…… or bola according to some dictionaries, referring to the device used by South American cowboys to bring to the ground a running beast.
COD, for example, does not show bola, but it does say that bolas can be both singular and plural.

Whatever. It did create a slight anomaly in the abolishes game, where the plural form bolases was allowed as uncommon, while its singular bolas was unknown!!

I know that this word has been discussed before, by me and others, but the fact remains that there is an anomaly.
Perhaps the  easy answer is to allow all three forms [bola, bolas, bolases] as uncommon.
« Last Edit: May 03, 2020, 12:20:26 PM by mkenuk »