2006-10-13 01:59:52 · 26 answers · asked by gemini07 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
no, that's the singular of house for posh people!
2006-10-13 02:01:39 · answer #1 · answered by phedro 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If the plural of house is houses, surely it stands to reason that the plural of mouse should be mouses?
2006-10-13 11:26:40 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it depends on two things:
1) the origin of the word, i.e. from which language did it originate. For example, it coud be an old Saxon word, or Franch, German or Danish.
2) whether the word was reformed during a number of changes in spelling that has taken place at various points of English language history.
'Mother Tongue' by Bill Bryson covers a lot of the gorund on this, and is an excellent and entertaining read.
2006-10-13 02:16:20 · answer #3 · answered by Colin_Waft 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Makes sense...
Though I think also that the plural of computer mouse might actually be mouses.
But what's the plural of moose if the plural for goose is geese? Meese?
Interesting...
2006-10-13 02:19:17 · answer #4 · answered by SilverSongster 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Good point but it houses thats just the way the language goes maybe submit hice to Webster's
2006-10-13 02:04:09 · answer #5 · answered by Ash 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Logic and the English language have nothing in common.
Goose, geese?
Sheep, sheep?
The plural of person is people.
Cough is pronounced cof and through os pronounce throo.
Thomas is pronoounced Tomas
2006-10-13 02:14:39 · answer #6 · answered by cymry3jones 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To really posh people the singular of house is hice!
2006-10-13 02:01:44 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Are we talking small, furry rodents, or computer attachments? I believe the hi-tech type in plural can be referred to as 'mouses' (but who needs more than one anyway?!!)
2006-10-13 04:21:48 · answer #8 · answered by Antics 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just an English Grammar rule
2006-10-13 10:49:34 · answer #9 · answered by Laila 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't be silly. Everyone knows the plural of mouse is meeses.
2006-10-13 02:06:02 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Mouse as in the animal=mice
Mouse as in the computer mouse= mouses
2006-10-13 02:10:45 · answer #11 · answered by jewl 32 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋