Why is the plural for moose not meese?

[symbolipoint]

The piece came-up from the "Lame Jokes" section of the forum. Someobody carried a step from one of the posts and I became curious and tried a brief web search.

A web page gives some justification of sorts why we can use goose(s)-geese(p), but not moose(s)-meese(p).
Look for the part of the page headed with "Why isn't "meese" the correct plural?"
https://languagetool.org/insights/post/plural-of-moose/

 

[.Scott]

The piece came-up from the "Lame Jokes" section of the forum. Someobody carried a step from one of the posts and I became curious and tried a brief web search.

A web page gives some justification of sorts why we can use goose(s)-geese(p), but not moose(s)-meese(p).
Look for the part of the page headed with "Why isn't "meese" the correct plural?"
https://languagetool.org/insights/post/plural-of-moose/

Of course it's not "meeses", it's "meeces"!
As in "I hate those meeces to pieces" - to quote Mr. Jinks.

 

[DaveC426913]

A web page gives some justification of sorts why we can use goose(s)-geese(p), but not moose(s)-meese(p).
Look for the part of the page headed with "Why isn't "meese" the correct plural?"
https://languagetool.org/insights/post/plural-of-moose/

Given that this is a shill for their product LanguageTool, I am skeptical about their version of facts.



Anyway,

I think the question is not "Why is it moose and not meese?"; I think the question is "Why is it geese and not gooses?"

Because it's geese that's the exception to the rule (along with mice and a few others).

 

[bryantcl]

Simply put, English is a language that has evolved over the centuries with a lot of input from other languages, specifically old Norse, Latin, and German.

 

[DaveC426913]

Simply put, English is a language that has evolved over the centuries with a lot of input from other languages, specifically old Norse, Latin, and German.

Diplomatically put.

I'd say English is three languages standing on each other's shoulders, wearing a trenchcoat, pretending to be a real language.

 

[bryantcl]

Diplomatically put.

I'd say English is three languages standing on each other's shoulders, wearing a trenchcoat, pretending to be a real language.

If I wasn't a native speaker I would refuse to learn it.

 

[symbolipoint]

Simply put, English is a language that has evolved over the centuries with a lot of input from other languages, specifically old Norse, Latin, and German.

And sometimes from languages of other regions, such as indigenous ones from places in North America.

 

[symbolipoint]

Given that this is a shill for their product LanguageTool, I am skeptical about their version of facts.

The bit of consistent information also occurred in another web site/page. I simply included the link to the first page found which had the explanation.