How to do it correctly: key rings or key chains

Formerly the correct nominative plural of the word trinket there was one - keyrings. This pronunciation and spelling is due to the French origin of the noun (French. breloque). The variant with a vowel loss - keychains - was not allowed.

Only now it is more convenient for the language to change this word according to the familiar model, similar to examples such as bell - bells, sock - socks, lock - locks, bag - sacks. So over time, the non-literary version became very common in colloquial speech and even began to supplant exemplary pronunciation.

Gradually, the norm has softened so much that now the authoritative spelling dictionary V. IN. Lopatina already admitsRussian spelling dictionary of the Russian Academy of Sciences both forms of the word are equal. However, a number of reference books still retainRussian verbal stress conservative positions and considers option keychains unacceptable in literary speech.