The plural of "bus" can either be "buses" or "busses." Neither looks correct to me. It's like one of those words that the more you stare at, the less sense it makes. Like "mouth." I keep wanting it to be pronounced like "moothe."
It's been suggested that buses is preferable to busses because "buss" is its own word, meaning a sloppy wet kiss. I don't really know what context would lead to confusion over whether "busses" referred to many wet slobbery things or to many large metallic people-holders, but--boy howd--would I ever like to know about it when it does occur.
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