You know those little shots of creamer they serve at the diner? (Intergalactic House of Pancakes, in this case).
Half-and-halves? Half-and-halfs?
Always said Half n Half.
‘Get a case of half n half’
Like moose, deer, sheep, etc… the plural is also a singular
This was my guess, but I vaguely recall esoteric grammar for compound words? I am struggling for another example. Johnnies-come-lately?
Like Govenors General
I’ll half what she’s half-and-halfing
half-and-half = 0.5 × 0.5 = 1
two half-and-half(s) = (0.5 × 0.5) × 2 = 1 × 2 = 2
three half-and-half(s) = (0.5 × 0.5) × 3 = 1 × 2 = 3
…???
1/2 x 1/2 = 1/4
Argh, I meant + and then did a copy and paste error
It’s half AND half, not half TIMES half after all
The contents are innumerable. This is like asking what the plural of water is. The container, however, is numerable. You already answered your own question “little shots of creamer”. You enumerated the containers: “shots”
If you sat at a table, and wanted water for each person, you would ask for “waters”. The container is implied.
Nah, the orders themselves are numerable. “How many orders of water do you want?” That you colloquially shorten it to “waters” is irrelevant. Even if you needed to order by volume, you would ask for UNITs (liter, gallon, barrel, etc.) of water.
You also colloquially shorten it to half and halfs.
More half and half
It’s already plural, like pants.
And by that, I’m changing to pantaloonae.
Half ands half.
In a restaurant setting, creamers.
