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[JohnYY]

The classical solution to the "mongoose plural" problem is embodied in the
old (and probably apocryphal) message sent to the e-tailer by the poor chap
beset by a plethora of cobras: "Please send me a mongoose; by the way, send
me another one.". Since it stems from Marathi 'mong{s', perhaps a more
elegant solutiion would be to use the plural form from that language (Does
anyone know it?) (cf. "cherubim")

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> From: David L. White <dlwhite at texas.net>
> Date: Monday, January 15, 2001 10:28 PM

>     Mongooses (-geese?)

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