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Originally Posted by AngelicaDeAlquezar
@Perikles: I only worked on Poli's suggestion; I didn't know whether there was a standard translation for it.
I didn't go to the dictionary, except for finding "dire".
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Poli suggested it which makes me think it's possible in AmE.
I've checked in COCA, which gives 7 hits on the singular, and 65 in the plural. In the British version, 4 plural and zero singular. So the singular looks possible over there, but not here.