Plural of snus?

[Ragnar]

http://www2.svenskaakademien.se/web/Ordlista.aspx

Type in the word you want to look up boss.

Bah... more fun to make up our own. If/when snus catches on in the US, no one's gonna use the Swedish plural.

Realistically, the English plural would likely be "snus,"-- but If I wrote the Webster's, it would be Sneece, Snice, or something equally ridiculous.

[chossy]

Thats fine Ragnar lol.

Could you have chosen a more swedish name? Hardcore oldskool name lol

[Ragnar]

Thats fine Ragnar lol.

Could you have chosen a more swedish name? Hardcore oldskool name lol

Ragnar is named after my favorite character from Atlas Shrugged... sort of a pirate. Being a Snuser, is a lot like being a pirate (no logical explanation comes to mind though).

[blotgode]

Ok there seems to be a bit of confusion over across the sea. Conflicting reports are being received. Mass confusion has ensued.

This leads me back to my hunch that snus is originally a collective (and thus has one but the one form).

So here is my question: Could one of our Swedes (blotgode, Chossy, or 58328832- by the way what the hell is that your gym locker combo? Anyway could one of our Swedes/Fins) consult a thorough dictionary and look at the proper forms and root of the word? A good dictionary should tell you if it is collective or not. It will also distinguish between the proper forms and slang usages that have been folded into common speech.

If anyone has access to a recent version of the big Oxford English Dictionary, that may help as well. I would love to see the entry (and no wikipedia will not do).

dog 8)

BÖJNINGSKLASS ORDFORM
obestämd form singularis: snus
obestämd form singularis, genitiv: snus
bestämd form singularis: snuset
bestämd form singularis, genitiv: snusets
obestämd form pluralis: snusar
obestämd form pluralis, genitiv: snusars
bestämd form pluralis: snusarna
bestämd form pluralis, genitiv: snusarnas

[chossy]

Pff, you made that up Blot

[RRK]

Thats fine Ragnar lol.

Could you have chosen a more swedish name? Hardcore oldskool name lol

Ragnar is named after my favorite character from Atlas Shrugged... sort of a pirate. Being a Snuser, is a lot like being a pirate (no logical explanation comes to mind though).

Cool. 8)

[Snusdog]

http://www2.svenskaakademien.se/web/Ordlista.aspx

Type in the word you want to look up boss.

One Problem bro--somebody had the nerve to write the whole damn Swedish dictionary in SWEDISH. :wink:

Regardless I don’t think the dictionary you referenced goes in depth enough. I’m looking more for etymological info than simple definition and forms (something that will give a bit of the history of the word’s morphological development). That said, even if I found the info, the chances are that I will not be able to make it out since I cannot read Swedish. I need one of you guys to tell us what it says.

In the end this may be a blind chase or not worth anyone’s time. Regardless, I do really appreciate the info that you guys have already provided and have enjoyed what you all have had to say. If nothing else we now have the joy of saying sneese, sni, or Snuser

[chadizzy1]

Contacted Webster. Hopefully I hear a response. I'm curious.

[Mr. Snuffleupagus]

IDK if I want to be putting a bunch of sneese in my mouth or even a huge sneese just sounds gross.

Snusii are like a bunch of little friends that taste good.

[Snusdog]

Contacted Webster. Hopefully I hear a response. I'm curious.

Fantastic!

Let us know when you hear something.

[chadizzy1]

snus was not found in the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

weird.

[Snusdog]

snus was not found in the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

weird.

Not really, remember snus is an imported term used by a relatively new and small market here in America. Your best bet will be the Oxford English Dictionary (all 26 volumes of it)

[MojoQuestor]

I know the right thing to do would be to wade back through the entire thread, but I'm just so lazy, and I know that is a kick-ass Internet excuse. So if someone already mentioned this, I'm sorry, but

I think I have found the answer. We've been looking at this all backwards.

Snus *is* the plural. The *singular* is... snu!

I present for you my evidence:

"I wanna try like, a single snu, I don't want to buy some. Do they have samples anywhere " I LIKE TO SMOKE WEE
Aug 29, 2008

http://forums.somethingawful.com/sho...readid=2966904

It's so obvious now. You just add an 's'. Duh.

I know, the person in that thread is obviously a snubie. But you know what they say, out of the mouths of babes . . .

[Snusdog]

I know the right thing to do would be to wade back through the entire thread, but I'm just so lazy, and I know that is a kick-ass Internet excuse. So if someone already mentioned this, I'm sorry, but

I think I have found the answer. We've been looking at this all backwards.

Snus *is* the plural. The *singular* is... snu!

I present for you my evidence:

"I wanna try like, a single snu, I don't want to buy some. Do they have samples anywhere " I LIKE TO SMOKE WEE
Aug 29, 2008

http://forums.somethingawful.com/sho...readid=2966904

It's so obvious now. You just add an 's'. Duh.

I know, the person in that thread is obviously a snubie. But you know what they say, out of the mouths of babes . . .

Hang with me here. I eventually get to the point:

The word "snuff" is derived from the middle Dutch snuffen meaning to inhale through the nose. Thus somewhere along the way somebody looked at nasal tobacco and called it 'sniff" (or in Dutch snuff)

Interestingly enough, the Indo-European root form “snus” (taken from the prefixed form of the Latin nutrix) means to suck or to nurse. Thus back in the day some one looked at some moist leaf tobacco and asked, “So what do you do with this stuff, sniff it? To which the reply was, “no you suck on it”. O, then this is suck not sniff (or snus not snuff)

Thus etymologically speaking our three forms of tobacco are: sniff, suck, and chew.

The point is that the singular would have most likely followed the root form (snus) from which the plural would have been the deviated form.

So Mojo, it is possible you are right. But linguistically it is not likely.

[MojoQuestor]

So Mojo, it is possible you are right. But linguistically it is not likely.

Thank you for your thoughtful reply. It appears to me to be well-reasoned and, from what I can tell, it is likely to be quite correct.

It is, in fact, far more than my flippancy deserves. I am honored, and perhaps slightly bemused.


edit: for clarity