Good old irregulars
Nov. 25th, 2003 08:52 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sniffnoyWhy is the plural of "roof" "roofs" instead of "rooves"? I know I pronounce it "rooves", anyway.
-Sniffnoy
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} "The early Bird gets the Worm; the late Bird gets the fat and juicy
} Beetle that did not emerge from under a rock until the Sun heated the
} ground; both Birds will choke on their Meals and die."
-A rejected saying for Poor Richard's Almanack, Oracularity 1223-03
-Sniffnoy
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} "The early Bird gets the Worm; the late Bird gets the fat and juicy
} Beetle that did not emerge from under a rock until the Sun heated the
} ground; both Birds will choke on their Meals and die."
-A rejected saying for Poor Richard's Almanack, Oracularity 1223-03
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Date: 2003-11-25 07:51 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-11-25 10:29 pm (UTC)Breaks the rule: hoof-- hooves... poof-- pooves... smurf-- smurves...
I always wondered why "chief" didn't get pluralized as "chieves" too.
Geroge Said This
Date: 2003-11-26 07:24 pm (UTC)Re: George Said This
Date: 2003-11-27 09:28 am (UTC)Re: George Said This
Date: 2003-11-27 04:51 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-11-28 10:21 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-11-29 02:25 pm (UTC)Except that it's not pronounced that way, but still...
PS. Identify yourself, intruder. Either that or explicitly state your anonymity... (Yes, I'm going to be saying this to everyone who doesn't identify themselves (or explicitly state their anonymity) from now on...)
no subject
Date: 2003-11-29 09:11 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-11-30 05:51 pm (UTC)...but sign your posts, OK?