Re: [tied] Double Plurals (was: Germanic nominal declensions)

At 5:00:45 PM on Friday, July 18, 2003, Richard Wordingham
wrote:

> Where do the Modern Early* English double plurals, such as
> 'toeses' and 'pocketses', come from?

> *Early, as in early life, e.g. Early English _bickie_
> 'biscuit' - Jerome K. Jerome, 'Three Men in a Boat'.

I'm not sure that these two are typical. I suspect that
'pocketses' gets a big boost from Tolkien. I've mostly seen
'toeses' in association with 'noses' in rhymes and games
involving body parts. Are there others that are comparably
popular?

Brian