What the heck is the plural of 'moose' anyway?

[The_Sweetest_Thing]

 

[IWasBored]

moose. it's like deer. i just looked it up in the dictionary.

 

[The_Sweetest_Thing]

That was super fast. Do you have the dictionary right by your computer?

 

[brettig]

one fish, two fish...

 

[The_Sweetest_Thing]

red fish, blue fish

 

[HelloAngel]

marvin k mooney just went. you missed him.


i'm serious.

 

[The Wanderer]

trey phish

 

[Gickies Gageeze]

one sergei bautin, two sergei bautin

 

[brettig]

mmm phish

 

[The_Sweetest_Thing]

marvin k mooney just went. you missed him.


i'm serious.

who is marvin k mooney?

--------------------------
Why on earth did people used to think the moon was made out of green cheese? I mean, REALLY!

 

[brettig]

Re the moon: I guess its appearance at various times in the day around the world. I also had a Disney cartoon majorly influence my thinking on the subject, so perhaps it was just evil old Walt's fault, just like Santa Claus was created by Coca Cola.

 

[Sicy]

meese

 

[Gickies Gageeze]

"moose"

a) a manitoba moose

b) an ahl franchise

c) a vancouver canuck affiliate



its really time to go to bed.

 

[cell]

meese

i actually thought the same thing today too lol. its not really a word is it?

 

[IWasBored]

That was super fast. Do you have the dictionary right by your computer?

yes

 

[ABEL]

how many animals are plural and singular like that

the first thing I thought of was sheep

moose / moose
deer / deer
sheep / sheep
antelope / antelope
fish / fish

 

[pub crawler]

LOL! It's funnier than hell that you would post a thread asking this question, The_Sweetest_Thing. Are you writing a paper or something?

 

[IWasBored]

but you can say "fishes" and get away with it. meese is a bit more difficult to pull off. and you sound like a hillbilly when you say deers. can you see the sign on the door handle? "gone out to hunt them deers. be back when i'd done caught me some dinner"

both octopuses and octopi are correct as the plural for octopus

 

[gvox]

I unequivocally say that I speak for all Canadians when I say that the plural of moose is:

DINNER!

j/k

 

[ABEL]

but you can say "fishes" and get away with it. meese is a bit more difficult to pull off. and you sound like a hillbilly when you say deers. can you see the sign on the door handle? "gone out to hunt them deers. be back when i'd done caught me some dinner"

both octopuses and octopi are correct as the plural for octopus

would you say meese or mooses?

 

[IWasBored]

you just say moose. i see a moose. i see five moose. that is all.

kinda anti-climatic for a word that people wonder so much about how to make it plural

 

[Popmartijn]

Ah, moose. This reminds me again of the Swedish Chef. The joke isn't that great in writing, but hopefully some will understand.

Today we're going to make chocolate mousse. We put the chocolate on the moose!

Bork! Bork!

Marty

 

[DrTeeth]

Hmmmm, chocolate...

 

[IWasBored]

bork bork??

 

[The_Sweetest_Thing]

LOL! It's funnier than hell that you would post a thread asking this question, The_Sweetest_Thing. Are you writing a paper or something?

Actually, yeah! I was typing it up and all of a sudden, was like...'Moose? Meese' "The narrator comes across several stuffed moose/mooses/meese at the gas station..."


--Thanks for the help, IWasBored!

 

[theSoulfulMofo]

Excerpt from "The Moose" by Elizabeth Bishop

Now, it's all right now
even to fall asleep
just as on all those nights
--Suddenly the bus driver
stops with a jolt,
turns off his lights.

A moose has come out of
the impenetrable wood
and stands there, looms, rather
in the middle of the road.
It approaches; it sniffs at
the bus's hot hood.

Towering, antlerless,
high as a church,
homely as a house
(or, safe as houses).
A man's voice assures us
"Perfectly harmless . . . ."

Some of the passengers
exclaim in whispers
childishly, softly,
"Sure are big creatures."
"It's awful plain."
"Look at that, would you."
Then he shifts gears.
For a moment longer,

by craning backward,
the moose can be seen
on the moonlit macadam;
then there's a dim
smell of moose, an acrid
smell of gasoline.

 

[dream chaser]

bork bork??

mmm bork bork mmm bork bork

I had a Muppets cookbook when I was a kid.

It was pretty funny.

Too bad I can't remember a darn thing from it.

I just realized this post was completely pointless.

 

[KhanadaRhodes]

fish / fish

although fishes is acceptable too. the dictionary says for the plural you can say fish or fishes.

 

[Doozer61]

just like Santa Claus was created by Coca Cola.

 

[fah]

you just say moose. i see a moose. i see five moose. that is all.

In Canada 5 moose are considered a gang.