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>>227120 >So, um, if more than one goose is geese, how come more than one moose isn't meese?
Because "goose" is a Germanic word and "moose" is an Algonquin word. Goose -> geese is a normal pattern of pluralization in the Germanic languages, and in many other PIE-root languages, and its called "ablaut." It is used in very old Anglo-Saxon words like sing/sang/sung/song and, of course, goose/geese.
I don't know how Algonquin forms its plurals: evidently they didn't ablaut their vowels.
In case you didn't know, the Germanic word for "moose" is "elk." It's plural, "elks," is formed by the even more common addition of "-s" to a singular noun.
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