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To: DallasBiff
Sorry...

Sherman said the plural of moose was meese because the plural of mouse was mice. I guess these things were important back then.

31 posted on 06/03/2024 10:09:41 AM PDT by plsvn
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To: plsvn
Sherman said the plural of moose was meese

"I resemble that remark!"

(Still with us, at 92)

32 posted on 06/03/2024 10:12:13 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: plsvn
I guess these things were important back then.

Personally, I would go for the lower-hanging precedent:

The plural of "goose" is geese, hence the plural of "moose" clearly would be meese.

QED.

33 posted on 06/03/2024 10:18:57 AM PDT by SamuraiScot
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