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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Also goose, geese. Moose, moose. Brush, brushes.

My wife caught me telling our toddler it was goose/goose, moose/meese, brush/breesh the other day. Apparently trying to train the younger generation up to make English better is “bad parenting”. 😛