From the Pez thread:
Quote:
Originally Posted by Bring_Back_Shantz
Well maybe it's kinda like the plural for beer.
You know, if you have two bottles of Keith's you would say I have two beer. But if you have a bottle of Keith's and a bottle of Pil, the you would say I have two Beers. Same thing with Fish/Fishes.
Therefore I declare that if you have two grape Pez then you indeed have two Pez. But if you have a grap and a strawberry then you have two Pezes.
I have spoken!
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I've been keeping the 's' in 'beers' since 1997 and I will argue to my death that 'beer' is not a plural. I think it sounds absolutely stupid when someone says "I have two beer" or "I bought 12 beer". It sounds like trailer talk to me. I know lots of people stand by that being proper, and it always makes for a good argument that goes nowhere.
I'll present my opening evidence:
beer
beer [
beer ]
(plural beers)
noun Definition: 1.
drink brewed from malt: an alcoholic drink brewed by fermenting malt with sugar and yeast and flavoring it with hops
2.
quantity of beer: a drink or glass of beer
3.
herbal drink: a carbonated or slightly fermented drink made from or flavored with the roots, leaves, or seeds of a plant
root beer
[ Old English
bēor < late Latin
biber "drink" <
bibere "to drink"]
http://encarta.msn.com/dictionary_/beers.html