Re: English Changes or what into Conlangs

Nik Taylor wrote:

> Also, I wonder, if it first happened in Northern England - did Old Norse
> have a preferences for /s/ in plurals?  I wonder if it might've been a
> Norse influence that traveled southward, like the verbal -s?
Otto Jesperson said there were Old English plurals in
-as, -e, -a, -an, -u, and others; then -as and -an gained
in popularity. "But finally -es carried the day,
probably because it was the most distinctive ending,
and possibly under Scandinavian influence." FWIW.