If the plural of vortex is vortices, should the plural of Fedex be Fedices?

It is Packages you are receiving!

Since FedEx is an acronym, you form the plural by tacking an s to the end.

Considering that “FedEx” is a shortened brand name standing for “Federal Express”, no.

That would be the same as calling Don Jr, Tiffany, Baron, et al Trumpets.~

In addition to everything said above, “FedEx” isn’t derived from a third declension Latin noun. That’s also why the plural of “hex” (which comes from German) is “hexes” rather than “heicis” or “heges.”

My husband and I each drive a Prius. We refer to them as “The Prii.”

I’m gonna start saying that.

People are taking this question too seriously. :P

@Demosthenes that maybe true BUT @elbanditoroso put it in “General” !

@Love_my_doggie – that makes perfect sense to me.

I guess the plural of Tampax would be Tampices?

@Love_my_doggie My Ex and I always did things like that.

@Demosthenes

It’s in General. Serious questions and serious answers only.

You get packages, shipments through FedEx. After all, there is only 1. No need for plural.

@kritiper while that might be formally true, I know of a lot of people who will say “I’m expecting a fedex today”

I generally say that I’[m expecting some FedEx packages…OR…I’m expecting some packages from FedEx. There’s only ONE FedEx so it shouldn’t be plural to begin with!!!

That name runs counter to my reflices.

@elbanditoroso But that would not be precise use of the term. You can’t say that people who slaughter the language use it properly. The correct answer to the question requires proper use of the language.

a) Fedex designates a specific company and plural of that does not actually make sense, except possibly in some hypothetical exercise.

b) Vortex is a Latin word and vortices is the correct way to form its plural, while FedEx is not a Latin word, it’s a name of a company headquartered in a English-speaking country. Plurals of English words that end in “X” sound form a plural with ‘es’ => Fedexes, for what it’s worth.