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Languages and Linguistics

raccoon

(31,822 posts) Thu Feb 23, 2012, 03:46 PM Feb 2012

teeth, etc.) but most nouns didn't?

I mean, is there some sort of rule that explains it?

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Irregularities are most likely to be retained in very common words Lydia Leftcoast Feb 2012 #1

I'm guessing most "irregular" plurals are Germanic in origin geardaddy Feb 2012 #3

The French "s" is the regular plural Starboard Tack Mar 2012 #4

Late to the party, but... Dead_Parrot Apr 2012 #5

Welsh has a lot of examples of irregular plurals geardaddy Apr 2012 #6

"went" is a regular past tense. Speck Tater Dec 2012 #7

Here's another example: fero, ferre, tuli, latum Lionel Mandrake Aug 2014 #8