Re: USAGE: THEORY/USAGE: irregular English plurals (was: RE: [CONLANG]

Ray:
> "Sheep" still seem to be safe. I hear "sheeps" or, more often, "sheepses"
> when people are being deliberately facetious (but if And replied that he
> heard people using "sheeps" in earnest, I'd not be surprised).
Why would you not be surprised? Because I keep my ears open & grill
my students on their lects? Or because I am a notorious perpetrator
of perverse and baredly credible dicta? ;)

--And.

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