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Date: 2007-02-13 05:04 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] nunfetishist.livejournal.com
Surely the plural of Krugerrand is Krugerrand? (Given the plural of Rand is Rand.)

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Date: 2007-02-13 05:11 pm (UTC)
gerald_duck: (Duckula)
From: [personal profile] gerald_duck
I wondered about that, but neither Wikipedia nor answers.com was forthcoming and I'm in the office so can't read my OED. So I guessed.

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Date: 2007-02-13 05:27 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] nunfetishist.livejournal.com
As a member of Manchester City Library, I have access to all of the Oxford reference works online. (TTOTD: I believe anybody can become a member, and you can sign up online, and they'll post you your library card.)

It seems vague. They don't directly mention a plural, although the quotations they provide do use "Krugerrands", although they're from publications I wouldn't trust to get it right, either :) The Oxford books specialising in economics and business are equally silent on the matter.

Perhaps we should ask one of the Ubuntu folk to ask Mark Shuttleworth? :)

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Date: 2007-02-13 11:41 pm (UTC)
pm215: (Default)
From: [personal profile] pm215
Most local libraries (including Cambridge) now provide the OED etc online...

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Date: 2007-02-19 10:03 am (UTC)
cjwatson: (Default)
From: [personal profile] cjwatson
Your wish is my command.


<cjwatson> sabdfl: a friend of mine was wondering in blog comments what the plural of "Krugerrand" is, and suggested "Perhaps we should ask one of the Ubuntu folk to ask Mark Shuttleworth?"
<cjwatson> can you oblige? :-)
<sabdfl> Krugerrands
<sabdfl> Although they are usually written as "Kruger Rands"
<sabdfl> took a few to space as presents for the other crew

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