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05-11-2004, 09:30 AM
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Elven Warrior
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Mongoose
You may think I am weird for asking, but what is the plural form of Mongoose?
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05-11-2004, 09:37 AM
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Entmoot Attorney-General,
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According to the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, you can say both 'mongooses' and 'mongeese'. I prefer the latter, '-gooses' doesn't sound right.
Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary: plural mon·goos·es also mon·geese
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05-11-2004, 09:38 AM
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mystical divinity of Unashamed Felinity
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: New York's beautiful North Coast -- we're all mad here!!!
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Yes. As tempting as it would be to say it is "mongeese," alas, it is not. The correct form is "mongooses."
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05-11-2004, 02:01 PM
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The Buckleberry Fairy/Captain
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Washington State again (I miss Texas).
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well there's the answer, then.
closing.
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