• @[email protected]
    link
    fedilink
    61 year ago

    Why is English so ridiculous that the plural and singular of deer is the same word? And why do people want to keep it that way?

    • @[email protected]
      link
      fedilink
      21 year ago

      This isn’t an english specific trait. Lots of languages have something similar.

      For instance, in portuguese we do the same for words that end on the letter S.

      Ex: Lápis (Pencil), Vírus (Virus), Ônibus (Bus), etc.

    • Jo Miran
      link
      fedilink
      71 year ago

      The plural of “moose” is also “moose” but it’s not because of English. Moose derives from Algonquian, a Native American language. It kept the same plural ending it had in its original language instead of adopting the normal “s” ending of most English plurals.