Re: Animal plurals/collective nouns (was Re: Re:
| From: | Don Blaheta <dpb@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, October 13, 1999, 22:34 |
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Quoth Walter Mack:
> On Wed, 6 Oct 1999, John Cowan wrote:
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> > Nik Taylor scripsit:
> >
> > > Besides, everyone knows that "moose"'s plural is "meese". ;-)
> >
> > And the plural of "mongoose" is "polygoose".
>
> Isn't the plural of "mongoose" "mongeese"?
> And while we're at it, let us not forget that the plural of
> "house" is "hice". :P
Heh. I was going to cite a quote from my quotesfile as evidence, but...
"After many decades of furious debate among the verberati, it has
been settled that the proper plural of 'mongoose' is 'polygoose'."
--John Cowan
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