If the plural of house is houses
and the plural of mouse is mice
why then the plural of rouses
should surely be written as rice
and if the plural of deer is deer
and the plural of fish is fish
then the plural of beer should be beer
and the plural of dish should be dish.
If mouses run over our houses
and eat up our loaves and our scones
why then our lice should be louses
and our phones should be sounded as phons.
– by Iain Crichton Smith
