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19 January 2019, 11:41 PM | #1 |
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Isn't saying Rolex watches, like saying tuna fish?
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20 January 2019, 12:14 AM | #2 |
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I learned today that, in addition to never happening, "I got a Rolex for Christmas!" is incorrect, absent an assumed/silent, "watch."
[Note, if Rolex comes out with a coal face, . . . . ] |
20 January 2019, 12:19 AM | #3 |
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John Daly wrote a song "All my exes wear Rolexes"
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20 January 2019, 12:29 AM | #4 |
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if you have a Hulk, a batman, and a james cameron why do you even need to know anything else?
Nicknames were created to avoid this debate
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20 January 2019, 01:48 AM | #6 |
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So there’s no wrong answer
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20 January 2019, 07:19 AM | #7 |
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20 January 2019, 08:51 PM | #9 |
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21 January 2019, 12:56 AM | #11 |
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20 January 2019, 01:49 AM | #13 |
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Rolices.
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20 January 2019, 02:35 AM | #14 |
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Not sure. I know I own six rollie pollies though
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20 January 2019, 04:14 AM | #15 |
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I vote for Rolex watches, unless, as previously stated, awkward in context of writing: "a sea of Rolex on the wrists of the glitterati". Correctness is great, but tone can be meaningful.
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21 January 2019, 01:02 AM | #16 |
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There is but one Rolex.
Just as there is but one IBM, Ford, etc. As someone said, Rolex watches would be the plural for what we commonly discuss. But...if you were talking about people with the surname “Rolex” (are there any?)... When a family name ends in x or z, the plural utilizes “-es”, as in the Rolexes, or the Rodriguezes. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro
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21 January 2019, 02:47 AM | #17 |
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Hypothetical question.
I'm in a hurry to get to dinner. My DJ and my SMP are on the nightstand, both ticking, ready to go. I grab the Rolex and go. Is this incorrect usage? |
21 January 2019, 02:58 AM | #18 |
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I say Rolexes
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21 January 2019, 03:00 AM | #19 |
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Ok is Rolexes acceptable or not?
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21 January 2019, 06:45 AM | #20 |
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21 January 2019, 03:31 AM | #21 |
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It's Roli.
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21 January 2019, 10:55 AM | #22 |
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^Well put. I agree.
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21 January 2019, 11:35 AM | #23 |
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Rollie rollie rollie
That's for if you have 3. |
21 January 2019, 12:31 PM | #24 |
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21 January 2019, 06:07 PM | #25 |
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At Basel presentations regarding Rolex, they always use Rolex, or Rolex watches for plural.
However, this is the pc era where everyone needs to be accommodated so... All my Rolex happen to be divers... All my Rolex watches happen to be divers.. All my Rolexes happen to be divers.. This is TRF where people put leather natos on pm watches and people say, it's your watch, as long as you like it. I happen to take my guidance from the brand itself. I have not ever seen any Rolex literature where they use Rolexes. I'm led to believe if you were to do a presentation or event in direct coordination with Rolex, they would require you to use Rolex or Rolex watches for plural. Whether that has to do with trademark or not, it's the term they use. So with that I believe the correct usage is.. All my Rolex happen to be divers. But it's your watch, call it what you like. I have no issues as no crime or harm is being done. Same if you want to wear pink socks and a thug life t-shirt to a formal dinner with Warren Buffet at the white house. How you look and represent yourself is completely up to you. I'll be in a suit and tie. I think once upon a time I used Rolexes but it seemed odd and concluded based on a bit of research that Rolex is correct. People call the 116610LV the hulk and the BLNR - batman, then pepsi and smurf....Rolexes is kind of the same for me. I'll caveat the whole thing by saying, you guys take this way too serious, it's just a watch...what really is more serious is how you say Sub-mah-rin-er vs those weird people that say Sub-mareen-er. Now that's a serious issue. |
21 January 2019, 09:38 PM | #26 |
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Rolexes maybe
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22 January 2019, 01:20 AM | #27 |
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Rolexi
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22 January 2019, 05:22 AM | #28 |
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Expensive!
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22 January 2019, 05:38 AM | #29 |
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Rolex Watches. There is no plural of 'Rolex' as it a name.
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22 January 2019, 06:31 AM | #30 |
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Rolex watches or Rolexes.
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