I think we should take a vote.

My girlfriend and I were being silly while shopping the other day..NO! how odd! ;)
and we started pondering the whats and whatevers of GROUPS.
We have a goose that's plural geese
but a moose is not meese?
Goose male is Gander, moose male should be Mander
If you have a Gaggle of geese, do you get a Maggle of Meese?

and Mouse is Mice
but my neighborhood is not filled with Hice even though I live in a House.

Why are SOME things plural simply BECAUSE (fish, deer,grass)

some add and "s" (dogs, ardvarks, pianos)

and some still change the word entirely (foot=feet, fungus=fungi, knife=knives)

but my favorite...words that are plural for no apparent reason (pants, shorts)

So we have
a TEAM of Ox, but a SKULK of Fox
a herd of...Elephants, Whales or Deer
a flock of...Sheep or Birds (oh, except Swallows which are FLIGHT???wtf?)

After pondering this ridiculousness, it is a wonder our children ever figure it out.


My point is, I think we should have UNIVERSAL words for junk.
Besides, I don't want to have to press "1" for English anymore and I was thinking, perhaps if we made OUR language make a little more sense, the foriegners could figure it out a little quicker.
:D



If you ever wondered about some animals, here is a web address.
Didya know a group of Apes is called "shrewdness"?
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0004725.html

don't get me started on male/female/young names...I mean COME ON some HAVE special names and some DON'T? huh? and WHY is a female Bear called a sow?
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0872847.html