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I am fed up of illogical singular and plural sets such as: one=sheep, many=sheep. Logically it should be: one=shoop, many=sheep, just like one=goose, many=geese.
Here are some other suggestions based on existing plurals; new words are underlined; feel free to add your own:
Singular/Plural
Model: Goose/Geese & Tooth/Teeth & Foot/Feet
Shoop/Sheep
Moose/Meese
Hoof/Heef
Mongoose/Mongeese
Twoozers/Tweezers
Model: Mouse/Mice & Louse/Lice
House/Hice
Grouse/Grice
Blouse/Blice
Spouse/Spice
Douse/Dice
Trout/Trice
Foosh/Fish
Model: Woman/Women & Man/Men
Ham/Hem
Model: Hippopotamus/Hippopotami & Genius/Genii & Radius/Radii
Litmus/Litmi
Lexus/Lexii
Octopus/Octopi
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
modified 13-Jan-17 19:27pm.
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Forogar wrote: Spouse/Spice
...Isn't having spice, in this context, illegal?
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In the 1800's it was
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But variety is the spice of life!
Jeremy Falcon
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The plural of Octopus is Octopodes 
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...or Octopusses.
I think you missed the point. I am suggesting alternative plurals (or singulars) to existing words.
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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Quote: The usual plural in English is "octopuses" (pronounced /'ɒktəpʊsɪz/), but the Greek plural form "octopodes" (pronounced /ɒkˈtɒpədiːz/) is sometimes used, though less frequently than in the past. The form "octopi", as if the word were a Latin second-declension noun, is generally considered incorrect, but is in fact used.
I've always used octopi or slimy, 8 legged bastard/s.
Couple of years ago I was on a fishing pier and someone pulled up a small and live octopus that had grabbed the line. I took it from him (he was going to kill it, I think). It was such a cute little chap and I threw him/her/it back into the water.
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When you invent the time machine, you can go back on work on restructuring the language.
And, I think you'll find other languages besides English as just as finicky.
And, while you at it, stop the creation and Java and it's offspring as well.
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The problem isn't in the language's creation, but in people porting words from other languages over.
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and perhaps teach you some proper grammar and word usage.
Tim Carmichael wrote: go back on work
Tim Carmichael wrote: the creation and Java
#SupportHeForShe
Government can give you nothing but what it takes from somebody else. A government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take everything you've got, including your freedom.-Ezra Taft Benson
You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun
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Tim Carmichael wrote: And, while you at it, stop the creation and Java and it's offspring as well.
3 errors in one sentence  .
Wout
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Sorry, but plural of spouse isn't spice för very long. It'll soon turn into murder.
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K.I.S.S.:
. . . S
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Are you calling me S? Well! No K's for you!
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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kudos
luggage
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Ah don't lean on me man, cause you can't afford the ticket
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Forogar wrote: I am fed up of illogical singular and plural sets such as
Go enjoy Esperanto and let English be; there's already enough managers, marketing-idiots and Americans making up nonsense-words.
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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Agreed. I really hate it when people enverb nouns.
Software Zen: delete this;
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Whiner
#SupportHeForShe
Government can give you nothing but what it takes from somebody else. A government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take everything you've got, including your freedom.-Ezra Taft Benson
You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun
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If the English language were developed in one sitting you'd see stuff like that. It however evolved over time in tidbits.
Jeremy Falcon
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So virus... would it be viruses or virii 
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Sadly English plurals are actually logical. All you need to know is the etymology of the word and that will lead to the correct plural.
Simples.
veni bibi saltavi
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Yup, and there are only 750,000 or so root words, so there's no good reason why he shouldn't have memorised the etymology of hem.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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"House/Hice"
So the origin of the word is germanic and for the plural the 's' becomes a 'z', so in Dutch, a close relative of english, huis becomes huizen, as in english, house becomes, phonetically, houzes.
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