German also has nouns with regular and irregular plurals. The plural for regular nouns is formed by adding en or n. Duck-ducks and Ente-Enten. Goose-geese and Gans-gänse are irregular; as are man-men and Mann-Männer. House with houses is a regular noun; but Haus-Häuser is irregular. Richard Emlin Reed Wesley Chapel, FL ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lynn Vondran" <lynnvondran@att.net> To: <padutch-life@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, August 13, 2007 9:57 AM Subject: Re: [PD-LIFE] Richard's Question Goose/Geese > Sounds like a Dr. Seuss thing I heard once upon a time ;o) > Lynn > > Mary submitted: > "If a goose and a goose both add up to geese, > Why doesn't the same rule apply to moose/meese? > If a mouse becomes mice, and a louse turns to lice, > Why doesn't it follow that house becomes hice? > If Dad can be Papa and Mom is the Momma, > Then why isn't Brad Brapa and Tom now called Tomma? > Because, my Dear One, it is never a breeze > When learning the language American-eze." > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PADUTCH-LIFE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message