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Old Dec 3, 2011 | 8:10 am
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Originally Posted by LTN Phobia

In reality, I have been pronouncing it "adios" with a v.
I think that is right, that is certainly how it would be pronounced in Spanish. Clearly it comes from the Spanish word avión meaning aeroplane and the os is because British people generally think all Spanish words end in os

For singular nouns that end in os the plural is normally the same

e.g. cumpleaños, although avioses has a nice ring to it. Perhaps avios is already the plural of avio
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