Tripredacus
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Reading the Pac-man lineup thread makes me wonder what is the plural of Pac-man? Pac-mans sounds so wrong, but so does Pac-men. What do you think?
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Actually, I think the backdoor sheets say "pack-men" (with a k) on the dipswitch settings.
I think Pac Mans. Like "I went to the auction and bought six Pac Mans". What doesn't make sense is Ms. Pac Man. Shouldn't it be Ms. Pac Woman? Since it was the early 80's - 70's rules should still apply with Ms. Pac Broad. Oh, those crazy 70's.
You don't pluralize a trademark. Instead, pluralize the associated gereric noun:
http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/000943.html
The proper plural is: "I own five Pac-man brand video game machines."
I would pluralize 'machine'
I agree.
I have two Pac-Man machines.
I think that applies to all arcade games.
What doesn't make sense is Ms. Pac Man. Shouldn't it be Ms. Pac Woman?
I agree.
I have two Pac-Man machines.
I think that applies to all arcade games.