Sunday 7 July 2013
Singular of Sheep
At an artists studio someone said (while looking at a wicker sculpture of a sheep) why isn't there a singular of sheep. I said it could follow the pattern of teeth and tooth - a singular of sheep could be shoop. But why don't we have a singular of sheep, someone asked. Maybe I thought because sheep don't normally come in ones. They come in flocks.
I also never know what to say when I have more than one mongoose.
ReplyDeleteAren't those mongeese?
ReplyDelete(It would work!)
ReplyDeleteI suspect, boringly, they are 'mongoose'. always liked teethbreesh as a plural, as well.
ReplyDeleteLol. We should just put these things into use and evolve the language. Although I can think of few times I need to refer to my flock of mongeese
ReplyDeletehaha :)) and now think of millions learning English as a second language...
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