Re: OT: English and schizophrenia

Nik Taylor scripsit:
> John Cowan wrote:
> > And that's just about *all* the irregular plurals:  I think there are a total
> > of 10-15.
>
> Unless you count things like -us -> -i and -a -> -ae as regular, there's
> a lot more than 10-15.
Yes, of course.  But we learn those terms in school as a rule: we don't
*acquire* them when we learn the rest of the language, and we are often
vague about their usage and pronunciation.  Note that Danny's rant doesn't
mention a single instance, still less two instantia.

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John Cowan                                   cowan@ccil.org
One art/there is/no less/no more/All things/to do/with sparks/galore
        --Douglas Hofstadter