Because see, the conjugation of plural forms in the English language has always been something of a source of confusion for me and, as someone on Tumblr pointed out:
If the plural of tooth is teeth, why isn’t the plural of booth beeth? One goose, 2 geese. So one moose, 2 meese? One index, 2 indices?So my labmate and I had a moment this morning trying to figure out how to pluralize some words (oh God the scientist-invented-words) before we figured that maybe somethings can't be pluralized, because they're in liquid form and, you know, water can't be pluralized, so that makes sense, right?
Except then my brain immediately pointed out the moose problem. And then the deer problem. And then we pondered whether that means that moose is actually secretly a type of liquid, which we found hysterical, because it's that kind of week.
So you see, I have concluded that occasionally I can be grateful for how utterly inane the rules governing this language is because, as much as it regularly drives me mad, it can also provide an unexpected and much needed laugh when we needed it. (It is, after all, very easy to poke fun of.)
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