Post #341730 by bigbrotiki on Fri, Nov 2, 2007 10:27 AM

Very easy: Since we here on TC are referring to the Western pop culture version of Tiki, the plural should be spelled in the Western idiom, too: "All the Tikis in the apartment courtyard were carved by Barney West..."

I also always spell them with a capital "T" too, out of respect for, and the fact that, the name stems from the ancestor god "Tiki". Though it might be argued that that is grammatically wrong, because we are referring to things, not a person or deity, I don't care. Technically these are all portraits of him, and I want "Tiki" to stand out from the sea of words on the page like its carvings do from the urban jungle.

What is really odd is that some places like Danny Balsz's "The Tikis" misspelled the plural as "The Tiki's", and though some might say that it can work in the posessive way, I don't buy it, I am sure it was just a mistake made from lack of understanding the subject.