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If Houses Why Not Mouses? by Damian O'Brien (view source)
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I once dedicated an entire linguistics essay to the plural of sheep, in particular my older sister’s youthful fascination with it all. ''One sheep, two sheep. No two sheeps. That silly'' etc etc. So when this book arrived I thought it perfectly plausible that the author had written an extended investigation into house/houses, mouse/mice. (No two mouses? That silly.) What I discovered on making my way through the pages, however, is that there is a lot more to this book that irregular plurals of the 3-year-old-befuddling kind.
If this sounds a little serious, or you want to ease your way into the field, [[The Story of English by Joseph Piercy]] or [[The Etymologicon by Mark Forsyth]] would do nicely.
You can read more about Damian O'Brien [[:Category:Damian O'Brien|here]]. {{interviewtext|author=Damian O'Brien}}
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