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

From:John Cowan <jcowan@...>
Date:Tuesday, May 21, 2002, 11:09
Tristan McLeay scripsit:

> 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.
That's what people do with irregulars: by analogy they sometimes create new irregulars, in a messy and not really productive way. Occasionally these stick, as with dive:dove, shit:shat, and (in some dialects) twig 'comprehend' : twug. -- John Cowan <jcowan@...> http://www.reutershealth.com I amar prestar aen, han mathon ne nen, http://www.ccil.org/~cowan han mathon ne chae, a han noston ne 'wilith. --Galadriel, _LOTR:FOTR_