In the post I made on “Capt Carrales’ Challenge,” of which I am quite proud of the replies [:D], many people’s first caveat was that the “wife” or “husband” had to be given a…er…concession.
Also, there were some giving a portion to an ex-spouse.
Well, here it goes (manybe some of you Brits can answer this, since when it come to language, you are closer the the source [:p]) …
If the plural of mouse is “mice,” is the plural of spouse “spice,” or is it just plain “rat.”
Unless you are in Utah, the plural of “spouse” is 15-20 years felony.
Interestingly the singular of “rice” is in fact “rouse”.
Boy, the stuff you can learn here!
Can’t say I’ve heard either ‘spouses’ or ‘spice’ in everyday conversation, though the regular plural would appear less confusing. Don’t get on to morphemes, it really isn’t all that interesting.
Matthew.
Hmm. Susan wouldn’t let me get the “This Old Spouse” coffee mug from PBS some years ago[^]
One mouse…two mice
One spouse…two spice
one goose…two geese
one moose…two meese
one kangaroo…two kangari
one caribou…two caribi
one cockatoo…two cockafour
plurals is fun
Mark[:D]
The plural for kangaroo is kangaroos but the collective word is kangaroo and the same goes for cockies.
Rgds Ian
From what I have heard the wife issue is the time and the money.
mikadousrp
So it’s NOT two ****-a-fours? Hmmmmmmm!?!?!?
I’ll have to recheck my sources.
[:D][:D][:D][:D][:D][:D][;)]
Mark