I never realized how incredibly stupid the English language is until I had kids and had to think about what I was teaching them.

house --> houses
mouse --> mice

goose --> geese
moose --> moose


pay --> paid
pray --> prayed


And on and on and on and on. It's just a mass of inconsistent, illogical rules that you just need to memorize.

Meese. And I'm willing to fight to the death over it.

I am similarly inclined to defend >1 yo-yo = yo-yi.

I did some English tutoring when I was in Korea in grad school, and I often had to resort to, "Because that's the way it is" as an explanation. Koreans don't really appreciate that answer, either.

Damn. My head hurts now. ROFL

At times, if this is all I can give my kids as an explanation, they simply choose not to believe me and go on saying it the wrong way. Who knows, maybe they'll start a trend.....

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dammit, it's moosetacos!

you guys are disappoint!

Mooses

Yup, it seems that 90% of the words that I use that would need the rule i before e except after c actually break the rule, like weird, science and their.

mice

Bullwinkles (And their friend Rocky)

Moosi

moose and squirrel

pair of moose, or herd of moose.