tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7771595.post112076617165417939..comments2023-04-03T06:42:51.447-04:00Comments on Tabula Rasa: 2 (Malibu + Coke) + Pie + Ice Cream = ThursdayWendyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12173001485763309117noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7771595.post-1121142395298186572005-07-12T00:26:00.000-04:002005-07-12T00:26:00.000-04:00Wendy Caldwell! I got your voicemail today, and I ...Wendy Caldwell! I got your voicemail today, and I await your column with great anticipation! Can't you tell from all! the! exclamation! points! I'm! using?!<BR/><BR/>Okay, enough of that. Anyway, hopefully I can catch you guys tomorrow at the office, as I will be in the 'Boro. Try to look busy!Colbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02153326292881243381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7771595.post-1120871554822483652005-07-08T21:12:00.000-04:002005-07-08T21:12:00.000-04:00It's "Malibu & Cokes." The name of the drink is Ma...It's "Malibu & Cokes." The name of the drink is Malibu and Coke. If (God help us) there were two people with my name, we would be called J. R. Linds. Not J.R.s Lind. You are being confused, I think, by what I call The "Mothers-in-Law" Rule. In phrases like "mother-in-law" and "attorney-general" and "court-martial," the noun is pluralized (mothers, attorneys, courts) because the rest of those hyphenated phrases are adjectives (in-law, general, martial). If you did want pluralize your drink that way, start calling them Malibu with Coke. And then you shall have Malibus with Coke, because "with Coke" describes the Malibu, whereas "and Coke" is just more of the noun form.<BR/><BR/>Thank you.J. R.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06649501741190838529noreply@blogger.com