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On Fri, Sep 11, 2020 at 9:38 AM <xxxxxx@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Then there's abuse of latin roots....
>
> Radius -> Radii
> Gladius -> Gladii
> P*nis -> P*nii
That would be maybe Peni, or maybe Pena.

One virus; two viri.
One octopus; two octopodes.

yours,
Michael
>
> I think English is like software that has been patched uncountable times.... the only real solution is a rewrite from scratch.... of maybe that was Esperanto....
>
> On Fri, Sep 11, 2020 at 7:15 AM Jeff Zeitlin <xxxxxx@freelancetraveller.com> wrote:
>>
>> 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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