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[–] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 102 points 9 months ago (11 children)

Deers

The grammar monster in me is going to need a trigger warning next time.

[–] moshtradamus666@lemmy.world 21 points 9 months ago

I think the wrong spelling is part of the meme adventure

[–] can@sh.itjust.works 16 points 9 months ago (2 children)

What if it's different species of deer? Does it work like fish?

[–] criitz@reddthat.com 4 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I would say yes

[–] dipshit@lemmy.world 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)
[–] skeeter_dave@sh.itjust.works 6 points 9 months ago

It's Durrs to you city folk.

[–] mofongo@lemm.ee 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Why is the plural the same as singular that does make no sense

[–] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

Actually I find it don't make no sense

[–] candybrie@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago (3 children)

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?

[–] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 7 points 9 months ago (2 children)

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.

[–] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I believe the plural of "moose" is actually "meese".

[–] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Goose : Geese :: Moose : Meese

Mouse : Mice :: House : Hice

[–] x4740N@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

"MOOSES" Sounds like moose jesus

[–] NoSpiritAnimal@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago

Go speak a language with gendered nouns and leave English alone

[–] Jorgelino@lemmy.ml 3 points 9 months 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.

[–] pruwybn@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 9 months ago

I'm glad that quick answer is there, no way I'm reading that whole thing.

[–] 5714@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 9 months ago

John, you can't license away the plural of deer.

[–] twinnie@feddit.uk 1 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I thought this was common knowledge.

[–] Scholars_Mate@lemmy.world 19 points 9 months ago (2 children)

To native English speakers, yes. To non-native speakers, this is yet another bizarre rule they just have to memorize.

[–] can@sh.itjust.works 13 points 9 months ago

Hey, did you know your profile is set to appear as a bot and as a result many may be filtering your posts and comments? You can change this in your Lemmy settings.

[–] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

Or they could just ignore it because the point of language rules is to communicate unambiguously and the meaning of "deers" is pretty clear while "deer" is ambiguous.

[–] thevoidzero@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

Common knowledge doesn't mean people use it. It's easy to forget even if you studied about it in school.

For example you is singular and plural. But we rarely use you for multiple people nowadays, we just go "you guys", "you all", "all of you", or something else to disambiguate.

Languages move towards easy communication and simplicity.

[–] Chadus_Maximus@lemm.ee 1 points 9 months ago

I acknowledge that the council has made a decision, but given that it is a stupid-ass decision I've elected to ignore it.