Why is ‘houses’ the plural of ‘house’, while the plural for ‘mouse’ is ‘mice’?
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Seriously lobbying for “hice”?
Are you proposing hice?
I’ll allow it.
Where does the “t” come from in “grammatical?” Why is the plural for “deer” “deer?”
Who decided that things related to China are “Chin***ese***” while things related to Scotland are “Scott***ish***” and things related to America are “Americ***an***” and things related to Canada are Canad***ian***?”
Living languages are a little bit insane. English, in particular, because it’s filled with so many loan words.
Goose, geese…moose, MEESE?
I don’t have an answer for this, but if you’re looking for consistency, the English language is not the place to find it.
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