Originally Posted By DDMAN26 I never really paid to the exterior of the buses it just got me to where I was going
Originally Posted By Goofyernmost >>>TDLFAN, did you forget your medication today? You seem a bit more overly aggressive in your verbal attacks than usual.<<< I suspect if any of us had been attacked like that over our opinions we all would have "forgotten our medication". I believe that the person that should be asked that question is Dis-Phil. A totally hostile and unwarranted attack should be answered in a less then "calming" manner. I also, do not usually agree with TDLFAN, but he certainly has a right to express it and if Dis-Phil or anyone else can't handle that then perhaps they should spend a little less time on the boards and a little more in anger management.
Originally Posted By ImTempest I agree. Opiinions, yes, but with a little more civility? I don't think that's asking too much. From everybody, please.
Originally Posted By ImTempest Yes. Now, about the busses. They can paint them cerise as long as it takes me to where the fun is!
Originally Posted By Goofyernmost OK, by far the biggest and most important issue is should it be spelled Buses or Busses. I was always taught it was buses. Any world rotation altering opinions on that question?
Originally Posted By ImTempest Goofyernmost, I believe you are correct on the spelling. However, I stand by my statement!
Originally Posted By FerretAfros The plural of bus is "buses". "Busses" is what someone at a restaurant is doing to your table after you've finished eating. So neither one will show up in a spell checker as being 'wrong', but they certainly have different meanings!
Originally Posted By danyoung From dictionary.com - bus 1 [buhs] Show IPA noun, plural bus·es, bus·ses, verb, bused or bussed, bus·ing or bus·sing. noun 1. a large motor vehicle, having a long body, equipped with seats or benches for passengers, usually operating as part of a scheduled service; omnibus. So either spelling is correct.
Originally Posted By Goofyernmost If we're are going to get technical, in this context Busses is incorrect. We are talking noun about actual buses. We aren't talking about being Bussed. So I'm right...man that doesn't happen often anymore. I used to be a lot smarter according to my daughters. I wish I had known how much I was going to use grammar when I was in school. I might have paid attention. ImTempest, I fully support your statement.
Originally Posted By dagobert According to my German - BE dictionary, both forms for the plural of the public transport vehicle "bus" are acceptable, although the double-"s" version is less common. Good to know, because I will continue to use busses. I have always done so. I guess that's because the German plural is also written with two "s".
Originally Posted By tashajilek Pretty funny how worked up people can get over a bus lol. In my opinion i dont care what a Disney bus looks like. When i take a Disney bus it is usually in the early morning or late evening and im usually tired anyways. When im tired and have to take a Disney bus late at night my biggest concern is getting a seat!
Originally Posted By danyoung >If we're are going to get technical, in this context Busses is incorrect.< If you'll look closely at the direct copy from dictionary.com in post 68, both spellings are acceptable.
Originally Posted By Goofyernmost I know that it can be used but if you look at the definition it says... Buses (Noun) Busses (Verb). So... This is the vehicle that Disney uses when it busses guests from the resort to the parks. Would be correct because it is being used as a verb. If it's... Oh, look, have they changed the color scheme on the buses? Would be correct because it is used as a noun and also because they did change it. To be fair, I have seen it defined as being usable as a noun in some places not in others, so apparently there is disagreement even amongst the experts.
Originally Posted By danyoung I know that it doesn't matter at this point, but look again. It says noun bus, plural buses busses, verb bussed. Just being picky .
Originally Posted By ImTempest Well, stop being picky. "You say to-may-to, I say to-mah-to" - but I don't want to call the whole thing off! I want to go to WDW and see these "things" for myself!
Originally Posted By danyoung Ahh, would that it were so easy to stop being picky. The same thing that makes me a good video and event producer has caused lotsa stress with friends and family!
Originally Posted By RoadTrip The spell-check used by Firefox flags busses as being wrong. And if you see it on the Internet, it has to be true. Does this mean that "Hershey Kisses" would be wrong but "She kisses me" would be correct?
Originally Posted By Goofyernmost To be honest, I only interjected the entire topic to kind of chill down the direction the thread was headed, it worked and I want to go on record that anyone can spell it "bazs's" or "buzzes" or "small vehicle with a thyroid issue" I promise I will not lose any sleep over whatever one uses.
