Spelling advice - dumbbell flys?

[Guest guest]

A company representative asked me about the correct spelling for the plural of

dumbbell fly. Is it dumbbell flys or flyes? I have seen it both ways (Why isn't

it flies?).

Fahey

Calif State Univ, Chico

USA

[Guest guest]

I'll have to check the latest Oxford English Dictionary and the big American

Heritage Dictionary to decide between " flies " (which is of course correct for

the insect) and " flyes, " but I can tell you for sure that " flys " is the plural

of the nearly obsolete word " fly, " meaning hackney coach, horse-pulled cab, or

lorry. You would hail a fly to have a driver take you from one part of town to

another. If you needed more than one, you would hail flys (not flies or flyes).

Bob Monie

New Orleans, LA

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Subject: Spelling advice - dumbbell flys?

To: Supertraining

Date: Wednesday, November 19, 2008, 12:34 PM

A company representative asked me about the correct spelling for the plural of

dumbbell fly. Is it dumbbell flys or flyes? I have seen it both ways (Why isn't

it flies?).

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[Guest guest]

I'll have to check the latest Oxford English Dictionary and the big American

Heritage Dictionary to decide between " flies " (which is of course correct for

the insect) and " flyes, " but I can tell you for sure that " flys " is the plural

of the nearly obsolete word " fly, " meaning hackney coach, horse-pulled cab, or

lorry. You would hail a fly to have a driver take you from one part of town to

another. If you needed more than one, you would hail flys (not flies or flyes).

Bob Monie

New Orleans, LA

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Subject: Spelling advice - dumbbell flys?

To: Supertraining

Date: Wednesday, November 19, 2008, 12:34 PM

A company representative asked me about the correct spelling for the plural of

dumbbell fly. Is it dumbbell flys or flyes? I have seen it both ways (Why isn't

it flies?).

=======================

[Guest guest]

I'll have to check the latest Oxford English Dictionary and the big American

Heritage Dictionary to decide between " flies " (which is of course correct for

the insect) and " flyes, " but I can tell you for sure that " flys " is the plural

of the nearly obsolete word " fly, " meaning hackney coach, horse-pulled cab, or

lorry. You would hail a fly to have a driver take you from one part of town to

another. If you needed more than one, you would hail flys (not flies or flyes).

Bob Monie

New Orleans, LA

=============================

Subject: Spelling advice - dumbbell flys?

To: Supertraining

Date: Wednesday, November 19, 2008, 12:34 PM

A company representative asked me about the correct spelling for the plural of

dumbbell fly. Is it dumbbell flys or flyes? I have seen it both ways (Why isn't

it flies?).

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[Guest guest]

My thinking:

Dumbo 'flies' but Dumbbell 'flys.'

Ken Jakalski

Lisle HS

Lisle, IL USA

[Guest guest]

My thinking:

Dumbo 'flies' but Dumbbell 'flys.'

Ken Jakalski

Lisle HS

Lisle, IL USA

[Guest guest]

My thinking:

Dumbo 'flies' but Dumbbell 'flys.'

Ken Jakalski

Lisle HS

Lisle, IL USA

[Guest guest]

Generally the Oxford English Dictionary is quite good for both

etymologies and word history, but, alas, perhaps the special lexicons

of us muscleheads are too marginal even for the prestigious OED.

As for " right " or " correct " spelling in this case, it's quite obvious

the correct convention is " flyes " . Perhaps lexically odd, it is

nevertheless the convention and, as such, wins the case.

Now, why is it that the term Roman Chair is applied to both

hyperextension and high combination dip/leg raise devices when, in

point of fact, a Roman Chair is a squatting device - one made rather

famous by that incredible coach Vince " The Iron Guru " Gironda? Tag -

you're " it " !

Ken O'Neill

Austin, Texas

>

> Hi Tom,

>

> A Yahoo search shows 69 100 results for flys, and 99 500 results for

flyes.

>

> A Google search shows 15 800 results for flys and 158 000 results

for flyes.

>

> The www.thefreedictionary.com defines FLYS as:

>

> To move through the air by means of wings or winglike parts

>

> But has no definition of FLYES.

>

> My guess is that there is no correct spelling.

>

> Sharah

> Sydney Australia

>

> ________________________________

>

> To: Supertraining

> Sent: Thursday, 20 November, 2008 5:34:31 AM

> Subject: Spelling advice - dumbbell flys?

>

> A company representative asked me about the correct spelling for the

plural of dumbbell fly. Is it dumbbell flys or flyes? I have seen it

both ways (Why isn't it flies?).

>

> ==============================

>

[Guest guest]

Generally the Oxford English Dictionary is quite good for both

etymologies and word history, but, alas, perhaps the special lexicons

of us muscleheads are too marginal even for the prestigious OED.

As for " right " or " correct " spelling in this case, it's quite obvious

the correct convention is " flyes " . Perhaps lexically odd, it is

nevertheless the convention and, as such, wins the case.

Now, why is it that the term Roman Chair is applied to both

hyperextension and high combination dip/leg raise devices when, in

point of fact, a Roman Chair is a squatting device - one made rather

famous by that incredible coach Vince " The Iron Guru " Gironda? Tag -

you're " it " !

Ken O'Neill

Austin, Texas

>

> Hi Tom,

>

> A Yahoo search shows 69 100 results for flys, and 99 500 results for

flyes.

>

> A Google search shows 15 800 results for flys and 158 000 results

for flyes.

>

> The www.thefreedictionary.com defines FLYS as:

>

> To move through the air by means of wings or winglike parts

>

> But has no definition of FLYES.

>

> My guess is that there is no correct spelling.

>

> Sharah

> Sydney Australia

>

> ________________________________

>

> To: Supertraining

> Sent: Thursday, 20 November, 2008 5:34:31 AM

> Subject: Spelling advice - dumbbell flys?

>

> A company representative asked me about the correct spelling for the

plural of dumbbell fly. Is it dumbbell flys or flyes? I have seen it

both ways (Why isn't it flies?).

>

> ==============================

>