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Appendix:Variations of "bus" English Noun 'busses + en bus; originally a en omnibus 1. en The Omnibus System in London, Past and Present Cassell’s Magazine 1868 439 2 As the Londoner may have observed, a pair of horses only goes one journey, and as the omnibus generally does four journeys, each conveyance, with its rest horses, requires ten animals. The three-horse ’buses require thirteen each. en w:Kate Douglas Wiggin Tuppenny Travels in London Penelope’s English Experiences Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y. Houghton, Mifflin and Company 1900 part first (In Town) 48 https://archive.org/details/penelopesenglish00wigguoft/page/48/mode/1up We think we get a kind of vague apprehension of what London means from the top of a ’bus better than anywhere else, and this vague apprehension is as much as the thoughtful or imaginative observer will ever arrive at in a lifetime. en T. K. Murray To Australia and Back The Agricultural Journal and Mining Record IV 10 The Times Printing and Publishing Company, Limited 19 July 1901 1902 section “Melbourne” 299 https://archive.org/details/natalagricultura4190nata/page/299/mode/1up There are some hansons, no ’busses. en F[rancis] J. Cahill Casey in London A Bunch of Yarns and Rare Bits of Humor:An Original Collection of After-Dinner Stories, Humorous Anecdotes and Side-Splitting Jokes, Contributed by the Leading Humorists of the Vaudeville Stage: To Which Is Added a Selection of Convivial Toasts New York, N.Y.; New Orleans, La. Carey-Stafford Company 1906 23 https://archive.org/details/bunchofyarnsrare00cahiiala/page/23/mode/1up One day I was riding on top of a ’bus in London with my friend Casey. en w:Barry Pain Mrs. Murphy Pearson’s Magazine 1912 184 https://books.google.com/books?id=SMdBAQAAMAAJ&q=%22take%20the%20bus%22 If you can’t afford cabs you should take the ’bus. en Charles Hanson Towne When London Was in Darkness Shaking Hands with England New York, N.Y. w:George H. Doran Company 1919 41–42 https://archive.org/details/shakinghandswith00town/page/41/mode/1up One misty day I was riding on top of a ’bus, and when the conductorette came to get my fare, she leaned over the seat in front of mine, and kissed the wounded soldier who was sitting there.