Given that mice is the plural of mouse and that lice is the plural of louse.
2006-07-28 18:31:17 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
I know!
Plurals have often been determined based on the origin of the word. I don't know the origins of "mouse" and "louse" but "spouse" comes from the french word "epouse" (accent over e not available on my keyboard) which has a normal plural "epouses". So there is a partial explanation at least.
2006-07-28 18:36:54 · answer #1 · answered by surlygurl 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
coz spice already has a meaning. you know spice spicy!!??
or maybe you can introduce the new word Spice for plural of spouse as recently they added the word google in to the dictionary as a verb.
http://blog.searchenginewatch.com/blog/050516-184202
2006-07-28 18:46:07 · answer #2 · answered by pinkcloud2015 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Spice Plural
2017-01-16 13:55:50 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
And hice is not the plural of house, nor grice the plural of grouse.
2006-07-28 18:34:24 · answer #4 · answered by Taivo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, but hice is not the plural of house.
2006-07-28 18:34:47 · answer #5 · answered by qwerty456 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
...lol....it just isn't. plural of spouse is spouses. plural of spice is spice, its a mass noun i think.
check this out...http://www.uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Spice
2006-07-28 18:38:01 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because legally, you can only have one spouse.
2006-07-28 18:34:46 · answer #7 · answered by J.D. 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would consider it to be false advertising!
2006-07-29 08:15:18 · answer #8 · answered by rb42redsuns 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know Einstein.
2006-07-28 18:35:36 · answer #9 · answered by Kim 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋