The plural of "moose" is ...

[Joel S. Berson]

At 8/18/2010 06:58 PM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
>Huh?
>
>JL

Like more than one fish of a single species is "fish", more than one
moose is "moose", not "mooses".

(If you're confused by "meeses", that was an attempt to resurrect
some half-remembered cartoon character (?) who says the plural of
"mouse" is "meeses" - or somthing like that.)

Joel


>On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 4:39 PM, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:
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> > meeses.  No, not really, nor is the plural of "fish" "fishes".
> >
> > Moose Offer Trail of Clues to Causes of Arthritis [headline].
> > ...
> > But now the moose of Isle Royale have something to way --- well,
> > their bones do.  Many of the moose, it turns out, have arthritis.
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> > The New York Times, Tuesday, Aug. 17, page D1 ("Science Times").
> > By Pam Belluck.
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> > Joel
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