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Posted by markperr on Thursday, February 9, 2006 10:34 AM
So it's NOT two ****-a-fours? Hmmmmmmm!?!?!?

I'll have to recheck my sources.

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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, February 8, 2006 7:21 PM
From what I have heard the wife issue is the time and the money.

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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, February 8, 2006 6:17 PM
The plural for kangaroo is kangaroos but the collective word is kangaroo and the same goes for cockies.

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Posted by markperr on Tuesday, February 7, 2006 4:11 PM
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

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Posted by Tom The Brat on Monday, February 6, 2006 7:05 AM
Hmm. Susan wouldn't let me get the "This Old Spouse" coffee mug from PBS some years ago[^]
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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, February 6, 2006 12:20 AM
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.

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Posted by Capt Bob Johnson on Sunday, February 5, 2006 4:55 PM
Boy, the stuff you can learn here!
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Posted by tangerine-jack on Sunday, February 5, 2006 3:48 PM
Unless you are in Utah, the plural of "spouse" is 15-20 years felony.

Interestingly the singular of "rice" is in fact "rouse".

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Totally off the subject...sort of...
Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, February 5, 2006 12:28 PM
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."

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