Why is ‘houses’ the plural of ‘house’, while the plural for ‘mouse’ is ‘mice’?

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Why is ‘houses’ the plural of ‘house’, while the plural for ‘mouse’ is ‘mice’?

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English is such a Mish mash. I’ve heard English speakers look unironically in disbelief at Irish words like Éabha (Ava) wondering how can ‘bh’ be pronounced ‘v’ but seem to have no difficulty with ‘ph’ being pronounced ‘f’ … Amongst a thousand other quirky English spelling and pronunciations.