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GUEST,leeneia	hobos or hoboes? (26)	RE: hobos or hoboes?	11 Jul 14
I was taught that an English word gets the -es, but a foreign word gets the -s. potatoes, but scherzos However, we borrow so many foreign words and get accustomed to them that after a while it's hard to tell what's foreign. No doubt 'potato' itself came from some foreign tongue. (I would use hobos because it's simpler.)

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