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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread plural #191566 06/15/2010 12:40 PM Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 5 Louisiana Nan stranger Nan stranger Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 5 Louisiana We recently visited Hawaii where we saw a mongoose running around the country side. Actually we saw bunches and bunches of them, which leads to my question: What is the plural of mongoose? mongooses? mongeese? mongoose? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: plural of mongoose Nan #191567 06/15/2010 1:08 PM Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh I would use mongooses. The word is unrelated to English goose. Ceci n'est pas un seing. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: plural of mongoose zmjezhd #191568 06/15/2010 1:09 PM Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 5 Louisiana Nan stranger Nan stranger Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 5 Louisiana Sounds good to me! Thanks. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: plural of mongoose Nan #191681 06/26/2010 6:37 AM Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada Zed Pooh-Bah Zed Pooh-Bah Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada My brain says Mongooses is correct but my ears think it sounds odd. Hey, how come Nan's first post (Hi Nan) said 2 posts and then she posted again and it still said 2 posts. I don't really expect an answer but I'm tired and that is as deep as my thinking goes at the moment. Maybe I should go to bed instead of AWADing Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: plural of mongoose Zed #191686 06/26/2010 3:17 PM Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 Netherlands, the Hague BranShea Carpal Tunnel BranShea Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 Netherlands, the Hague Nice to see you Zed. I think you must have been tired indeed. I think Nan made two posts total. The topic opener was the first and the second post was the second. Is the counting system gives the total of your posts. So when she did her (/his-who knows?) first post it said 1. After the second it said 2. I understand the confusion. I have these wonderfully intelligent moments too. s m i l e Yes, is it mon goose, ton goose or notre goose? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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