Appalled of Somewhere Close to Tunbridge Wells*

[desperance]

Dear English-Speaking Universe -

Please to tell me that the proper plural of census is not censuses?

(For lo, I am not in fact idling my time away with alcohol and entertainment. I am filling out an application. It has an equality monitoring form. It wants to tell me that its questions are in accordance with recent censuses. I do not want to hear this. I may have shrieked aloud.)

I do not have enough Latin to sort it out, but, y'know. Censae? Censii? There must be something. Surely...?

*The village of Brenchley is in fact very close to Tunbridge Wells.

Comments

here from radom things

[archersangel]

just plugged censuses into google & they say that's the plural of census.

[beckyzoole]

Alas, the plural is, indeed, censuses.

If you want to get Latinate, you could say censi. But it wouldn't work. Just wouldn't take. Ask me how I know....