If more than one goose is called "geese", why isn't more than one mongoose called "mongeese"?

Answer 1

The "goose" in "mongoose" is not related to "goose". Mongoose is derived from the Dravidian "mangus". "Moose" is Algonquian and is also unrelated to the Germanic "goose".

Words in English are often changed to look more like common forms but they do not necessarily have anything to do with what they look like. A good example is "cockroach" which comes from the Spanaish "cucuracha" and has nothing whatsoever to do with cocks or roaches which are entirely different animals

Answer 2

Straight men will call some men handsome if they fit societies definition of the ideal male physique.But you have to realize that men dont think men are the better looking than women by any stretch like women think women idealize beauty. Women often say finding a member of the same sex aesthetically pleasant doesn’t make them gay, and this is true. As a matter of fact, I believe anyone who hates his/her sex enough to consider his/her gender’s physique intrinsically ugly has issues. BUT, the archetypical woman doesn’t stop there, she also says “women are more attractive than men” and this time things are very different. When comparing men to women, they are judging a symbol (“beauty”) within a dichotomous layout; it has nothing to do with finding one’s sex aesthetically pleasant or not (a case we already exposed), this time it is about a “built in” (but moderated by society) bigotry which will render one sex’s physical characteristics more attractive than the other’s. This case obviously involves sexual orientation since the objects will be evaluated based on sexual attributes; and since both sexes are not equal, the result cannot be anything but a Boolean (either male characteristics render the male sex better looking or female characteristics render women better looking, someone who says they are equally beautiful is lying since we start from the basis of considering both sexes visually different and someone who says they are different is simply eluding the comparison while stating the obvious). Most women are lesbian (they find the female body more aesthetically pleasant , they prefer to look at women, etc.) leaning bisexuals (they look for providers, see sex as a job, etc) by nature; I don't get why people are so reluctant to accept this fact. I mean, it's hardly a revelation.

Answer 3

English is a weird language... There are lots of plurals that don't make sense. Why is the plural of mouse, mice? No good reason... It's just how English is.

Answer 4

but they are i always call a collection of mongooses mongeese .why dont you??

Answer 5

LOL....I've often thought the same thing:
If one moose is called a moose, would two be called meese?
If one husband is called a spouse, would two husbands be called spice? lol ;o)
(Of course I'm kidding about polygamy! lol...)

Answer 6

I know, thats so silly and why aren't moose considered meese?

Answer 7

And more than one mouse is meese? Right?

Answer 8

because words are made by humans

Answer 9

and if you "choose" from the many choices within you, you get "cheese"

Answer 10

it is