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Mixt-meta4z-1463 t1_ja7qfxt wrote

Reply to comment by CrashBandioof420 in Humen is a more logical plural to human than humans. It’s men and women, not mans and womans. by frenglish_man

Are you actually a philologist?

If so, you should require remuneration for articulating this explication.

Ok, smarty pants, if more than one ox is 'oxen' then why is more than one ax not 'axen'?

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Tuxxbob t1_ja8jx2u wrote

Because "axe" comes from the French "hache" and thus follows the "s" pluralization rule.

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ScarTheGoth t1_ja8st4o wrote

I’m glad I did not take French. No hate at all, but I’ve heard it can be difficult.

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BopBopBich t1_ja90vn9 wrote

I am haunted by vowels… you always think there’s enough, but there never are

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CharsOwnRX-78-2 t1_ja9zg56 wrote

Writing French: needs more vowels. No, more. More than that.

M O R E

Speaking French: lmao you want me to pronounce all that shit? Get the fuck out of here

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_Ispeakingifs t1_ja9xy4e wrote

Because english is just a bunch of other languages in a trench coat

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