This crappy collage from 22 years ago popped up in my "remember this day" feed. (probably taken with a motorola flip phone) Which led me to wonder what would be a good collective noun for a group of General Lees...

Collage (3 photos) of four cars on a car-carrier truck.  The cars are painted like the Duke's of Hazzard General Lee challenger.
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[–] 29 points 3 weeks ago (6 children)

Generals Lee, it's like Attorneys General or Surgeons General.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 weeks ago* (2 children)

    If they were actual generals, yes, but since “General Lee“ is the entire name and “General” is not a rank/title, it’s “General Lees”. Because this isn’t a group of generals named “Lee”, it’s a group of cars named “General Lee”.

    So the correct pluralization would be “General Lees”.

    It’s easy to get confused with this exception to the rule

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