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   From: mike_lyle_uk@yahoo.co.uk   
      
   On Sat, 27 Aug 2011 21:52:36 -0400, tony cooper   
    wrote:   
      
   >On Sat, 27 Aug 2011 16:37:42 -0700 (PDT), Duggy   
   > wrote:   
   >   
   >>On Aug 28, 4:52 am, "Noel Q. von Schneiffel"   
   >> wrote:   
   >>> There is yet another truth I can reveal. The plural of 'mouse', as we   
   >>> all know, is 'mice'. Reversely, the singular of 'spice' is revealed to   
   >>> be 'spouse'.   
   >>   
   >>True.  Furthermore:  "Do you want a cube of ice in your drink?" "Hmm,   
   >>I think two ouse would be better."   
   >>   
   >A woman on the news was complaining about pests in her apartment.  She   
   >said the place was full of mouses.   
      
   I'm half inclined to think that may catch on eventually. The folks on   
   the BBC already say "cannons" as the plural of "cannon". A.U.E. has   
   often noted that many little lumps and bumps of our language are being   
   smoothed out: "slayed" instead of "slew", a chciken is most often   
   "deboned" instead of "boned" -- that kind of thing.   
      
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   Mike.   
      
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