# Weird Plurals **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 3, 1999, 8:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-plurals/7485 "1999-09-03T08:09:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![MrKnowItAll](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrknowitall/32/87_2.png) [@MrKnowItAll](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrKnowItAll)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 1999, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-plurals/7485/21 "1999-09-04T04:57:00Z")
For you lovers of fine music… singular - opus plural - opera * * * Carpe hoc! ---
**Author:** ![rjk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed655f/32.png) [@rjk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjk)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 1999, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-plurals/7485/22 "1999-09-04T06:39:00Z")
Thank you, Stark, for correcting the Cat. ## But “Go figure”? “Canada geese” makes perfect sense to me. 😉 Bob the Random Expert “If we don’t have the answer, we’ll make one up.” ---
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 1999, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-plurals/7485/23 "1999-09-04T07:08:00Z")
Isn’t Person_ **s** _ a plural of person? Or is it an incorrect usage? ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 1999, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-plurals/7485/24 "1999-09-06T19:29:00Z")
Plural Digital minicomputers: Vaxen! Singular green vegetable somewhat reminiscent of cauliflower: a broccolus! Individual white long-grain product of the sort used in pilaf: a rouse! If the born-again Christians are right and there is a Second Coming, the Comings as a collective unit: Jesi! * * * Designated Optional Signature at Bottom of Post ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 1999, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-plurals/7485/25 "1999-09-06T19:44:00Z")
I’ve always found it odd that woman becomes women, pronounced **wi** men. The first syllable changes more than the second, though its spelling is the same. ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 1999, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-plurals/7485/26 "1999-09-06T19:56:00Z")
Ambrose Bierce said that since the plural of “die” (as in gambling) is “dice,” the singular of “mice” should be “mie.” My father–a real jokester–said that since the plural of “cactus” is “cacti,” and the plural of “hippopotamus” is “hippopotami,” the plural of “Jesus” shoiuld be “Jesi.” Forgive me., Lord. ---
**Author:** ![GOD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/34f0e0/32.png) [@GOD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GOD)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 1999, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-plurals/7485/27 "1999-09-07T03:51:00Z")
No problem. ---
**Author:** ![Action\_Jackson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c68b51/32.png) [@Action\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Action_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 1999, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-plurals/7485/28 "1999-09-07T18:17:00Z")
CatInTheHat, It is “canada goose” only the people living in Canada are refer to as canadian. * * * ILLEGITIMUS NON CARBORUNDUM EST ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 1999, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-plurals/7485/29 "1999-09-07T18:24:00Z")
I was under the impression that a Canadian goose was something you got from Matt at a rave! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 1999, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-plurals/7485/30 "1999-09-07T18:43:00Z")
The archaic plural of “cow” is “kine.” In French is a very irregular plural: the singular of the word \* oeil \* (“eye”) has no similarity to the plural \* yeux. \* [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-plurals/7485.md?page=1)