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The bulk update request #4213 has been rejected.

create alias eggshell (145) -> egg_shell (7)
create alias egg_shells (1) -> egg_shell (7)

Reason: Standardize on the spelling with a space, plus a plural-to-singular.

I am pretty sure they all mean the same thing - the thin, hard outer coating of a bird egg.

EDIT: The bulk update request #4213 (forum #358264) has been rejected by @kora_viridian.

I agree with the spirit of this BUR, although I'd alias egg_shell and egg_shells to eggshell instead. Reason: Eggshell according to Oxford.

clawstripe said:
Reason: Eggshell according to Oxford.

Let me just whip out my library card and log in to the balls-to-the-wall version of the Oxford English Dictionary:

Oxford English Dictionary The definitive record of the English language said:

eggshell, n.

Forms: Also egg-shell.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: egg n., shell n.
Etymology: < egg n. + shell n.

a. The shell or external calcareous covering of an egg; often as a type of worthlessness or of fragility.
c1300 K. Alis 577 He fondith to creope..Ageyn into the ay-schelle.
1471 G. Ripley Compound of Alchymy viii, in E. Ashmole Theatrum Chem. Britannicum (1652) 171 Fro Eggshells calcynyd.
1550 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue (new ed.) i. xi. sig. Civv I gat not so muche..As..a poore egshell.
1599 H. Buttes Dyets Dry Dinner To Rdrs. sig. Aa2 I haue put into a by-dish (like Eg-shelles in an Saucer) what worthily may breed offence.
a1618 W. Raleigh Prerogatiue Parl. (1628) 57 Without the Kings acceptation, both the publicke and priuate aduices be but as emptie Egg-shels.
1799 C. Hatchett in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 89 328 The carbonate of lime exceeds in quantity the phosphate..in the egg shells of birds.
1854 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. V. 63/1 The pores of the egg-shell may be easily stopped by any..oily matter.
1859 Ld. Tennyson Enid in Idylls of King 65 He..babbled.., How Enid never..cared a broken egg-shell for her lord.

I can't argue with 551 years of history. (That's so long ago that the calendar wasn't even the same. cal 1752 on a system near you for more.) Updated BUR incoming.

The bulk update request #4213 (forum #358264) has been rejected by @kora_viridian.

The bulk update request #4223 has been rejected.

create alias egg_shell (7) -> eggshell (145)
create alias egg_shells (1) -> eggshell (145)

Reason: Reason: Standardize on the spelling without a space, plus a plural-to-singular.

I am pretty sure they all mean the same thing - the thin, hard outer coating of a bird egg.

EDIT: The bulk update request #4223 (forum #358308) has been rejected by @kora_viridian.

kora_viridian said:
Updated BUR incoming.

Could you not just have edited this one?

wat8548 said:
Could you not just have edited this one?

Probably, yeah.

In my defense, most of the things I've filed lately have been simple aliases, which are not editable. Also there is EtOH on board.

I'd also alias eggshells -> eggshell to be thorough.

kora_viridian said:
Let me just whip out my library card and log in to the balls-to-the-wall version of the Oxford English Dictionary:

Oh, I'm so jealous. :p

clawstripe said:
Oh, I'm so jealous. :p

Not sure if serious...

Assuming 1) good faith, and 2) that you're in the US, go get a card from your local library. Usually all they want is some proof that you live in their area, like a utility bill or some kind of mail addressed to you - in other words, you don't have to own the place you're in to get a library card, for free. Once you have it, you use it to log in to the library's Web site, and then follow the links from the library's site to all kinds of stuff that normally costs money. In my case, the OED is under the "Research Databases" section of the library's site.

If not serious, then know that EtOH is still on board and don't worry about it. :D

kora_viridian said:
Not sure if serious...

Assuming 1) good faith, and 2) that you're in the US, go get a card from your local library. Usually all they want is some proof that you live in their area, like a utility bill or some kind of mail addressed to you - in other words, you don't have to own the place you're in to get a library card, for free. Once you have it, you use it to log in to the library's Web site, and then follow the links from the library's site to all kinds of stuff that normally costs money. In my case, the OED is under the "Research Databases" section of the library's site.

I'm being serious. Getting the the OED Second Edition was something I've wanted for years, and I get their OED Word of the Day emails. As I do live in the US, I probably should see about getting another library card again.

The bulk update request #4223 (forum #358308) has been rejected by @kora_viridian.

The bulk update request #6462 is active.

create alias egg_shell (7) -> eggshell (145)
create alias egg_shells (1) -> eggshell (145)
create alias eggshells (0) -> eggshell (145)

Reason: Aliasing them into one tag. eggshells included for completeness

EDIT: The bulk update request #6462 (forum #390167) has been approved by @slyroon.

The bulk update request #6462 (forum #390167) has been approved by @slyroon.