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Re: pronouncing was Re: [TML]A question for the panel regarding jump drive and relativity Jeff Zeitlin 11 Sep 2020 11:15 UTC

On Fri, 11 Sep 2020 04:31:18 -0400, xxxxxx@gmail.com wrote to Freelance
Traveller:

>Leaf -> leaves
>Beef -> beeves

>It might not be correct, but it is the sort of parallel that someone could
>use.

>Grouse -> Geese
>House -> Heese
>Louse -> Leese

Actually, I'd think along the lines of

mouse -> mice, and
louse -> lice, therefore
grouse -> grice
house -> hice

Then, there's

goose -> geese, and
tooth -> teeth, therefore
booth -> beeth
moose -> meese

We also have

ox -> oxen, so why not
box -> boxen
fox -> foxen

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