Originally Posted By: Faldage
Sheep is only plural. The singular is shoop.

And the plural of book is beech. I hate it when people say books


Isn't beech the origin of the word rather than its plural? Writing material was often strips of beech because it kept the colour well and could be made quite thin. In my OED it has books as the plural or bookes (from Old English booke)

Last edited by bexter; 11/22/10 12:48 PM. Reason: singulars and plurals mixed up
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