Re: Optimum number of symbols

Kendra scripsit:

> [T]hough off the top of my head, I can
> only think of a few irregular plural words in english (men, women,
> children.)
There are about 35 irregular noun plurals, plus an indefinite number of
Greek and Latin words still carrying plurals in -ae, -i, -a, -es, -ta.
Here's a list of all the common ones:

man:men, woman:women, foot:feet, goose:geese, tooth:teeth, mouse:mice,
child:children, ox:oxen, fish:fish, shrimp:shrimp, deer:deer, sheep:sheep,
moose:moose, elk:elk, salmon:salmon, herring:herring, bison:bison,
calf:calves, half:halves, hoof:hooves, elf:elves, knife:knives,
life:lives, wife:wives, loaf:loaves, self:selves, shelf:shelves,
thief:thieves, leaf:leaves, scarf:scarves, wolf:wolves.

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