VV (1): WAVES

[Jeremy Osner]

Thomas Eckhardt wrote:

> p.17
>
> "WAVE lieutenants"
> ???

WAVES stands for Women Appointed for Volunteer Emergency Service, people in the
services interpreted it as a plural noun and took the S off to form a singular.

The Ruth Burnham Experience
http://www.batavia.k12.il.us/bps/HistWeb/text/96prjcts/ww2bat/reports/armdserv/navy/cjames1.htm

documents the experience of a WAVE.

Jeremy