Theiling Online    Sitemap    Conlang Mailing List HQ   

Re: USAGE: THEORY/USAGE: irregular English plurals (was: RE: [CONLANG] Optimum number of symbols

From:Pavel Iosad <pavel_iosad@...>
Date:Tuesday, May 21, 2002, 18:38
Hello,

> Well, I know I've at times been caught trying to coin 'shoop' (i.e. > shoop:sheep) and 'freet' (i.e. fruit:freet), so perhaps -oo-:-ee-. So > perhaps it's actively irregular.
Better, 'regularly irregular' Pavel -- Pavel Iosad pavel_iosad@mail.ru 'I am a philologist, and thus a misunderstood man' --JRR Tolkien, _The Notion Club Papers_