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Touched by the strings of mop
Saturday, 2 August 2003
three valium, a bottle of wine and a razor blade
What is the plural of Valium anyway? Do we use the plural? Valiums? Valiumi? Valii? It's really quite irrelevent for we all know what I mean but seeing as I torture others over their grammar and spelling, I should at least be grammatical and spelled correctly in my own journal. I notice there are some mistakes in my entries and when I have the motivation, I shall go back and correct them. And I can forgive myself for them, because they are merely the results of my inability to type and not that I am unable to spell. I always used to do very well in my spelling tests and I remember my teacher, Mr Farthing, being surprised that I could spell 'unnecessary'. Perhaps he was more surprised that I actually spoke and volunteered to do so. I was a very quiet child. I still can be quiet at times. I have just noticed that there is a spell check option here. I am tempted to use it despite being 98.456734% certain that it will want to give me American spellings. What is it about the 'u' that you don't like exactly? It must feel quite rejected all things considered. It would be one of the last letters to be chosen for teams at school. Poor thing. It's amazing it is still as smiley-looking as it is. Now the 'K'. It is just harsh and mean looking. And it is wrong to judge it on it's looks. It is indeed a lovely letter and begins a kiss. It does also begin a kicking and a killing but I think the kissing and kindness and kaleidescopes more than make up for it.

I would like to end tonight with three valium, a bottle of wine and a razor blade...

I'll hold that thought...

Posted by bluemothy at 5:47 PM BST

Monday, 21 February 2011 - 6:58 PM GMT

Name: "Josh"
Home Page: http://jester.me.uk

Valium is a substance, like treacle is a substance - you can have a lot of treacle, or a little, or a specified quantity of treacle - but you can't have three treacles.

However, for convenience, it is has come into common parlance to refer to 'taking a Valium', which is simply a contracted way of saying 'taking a tablet of Valium'.

Thus, when referring to multiple tablets, you are correct to say 'three Valium'. You could say 'three tablets', but to say 'three Valiums' is akin to saying 'three treacles'.

On the other hand, many people do say 'Valiums' - it sounds wrong to me, but it is perfectly understandable, and is really no different to saying "I take two sugars in my tea" meaning "two spoonfuls of sugar", except that this example is far more well established

 

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