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It was always my understanding that "Charles'" was the possessive form, not the
plural form (as in "That's Charles' underwear."). I would still vote for
"Charleses" as the plural form.
Nora
merhar -at- edsvcs -dot- switch -dot- rockwell -dot- com
> When I went to school Charleses was spelled Charles' and was pronounced the
> same way the name is pronounced in the singular. I wasn't aware that this
> convention had been changed.
> regards
> Paul
