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Middle English revival by cellphone?

The bloke MC-ing the presentations after the final cricket Test used the two-syllable plural "textès". I've heard this before from British lips: are there eke othere consonant-cluster plurals newly getting the same Middle-English treatment?
(A "Test Match" is a major international sporting contest; and what a knockout this one was!.)
Mike.
  

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[nq:1]The bloke MC-ing the presentations after the final cricket Test used the two-syllable plural "textès". [/nq] What was the sentence it was used in, approximately? Adrian

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  • [nq:1]The bloke MC-ing the presentations after the final cricket Test used the two-syllable plural "textès".
  • [/nq] What was the sentence it was used in, approximately?
  • Adrian
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[nq:1]The bloke MC-ing the presentations after the final cricket Test used the two-syllable plural "textès". I've heard this before from British lips: are there eke othere consonant-cluster plurals newly getting the same Middle-English treatment?[/nq]
What was the sentence it was used in, approximately?

Adrian
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[nq:2]The bloke MC-ing the presentations after the final cricket Test ... eke othere consonant-cluster plurals newly getting the same Middle-English treatment?[/nq]
[nq:1]What was the sentence it was used in, approximately?[/nq]
Oh, sorry. He said he'd received a number of textès (= pocket telephone text messages) about Man of the Match. I couldn't quote the actual sentence.
Mike.
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