If the plural of mouse is mice,
And more than one louse is lice,
Then it seems to me, that logically,
The plural of grouse should be grice.
A single goose duplicates into geese,
A mongoose produces mongooses,
So let me stick out my neck
And ask why the heck
The plural of moose is moose,
And not meese,
Or much better yet,
Why not mooses?
Author's note: Dear reader, if you're interested in a little more along this line, I invite you to take a look at my article/essay, "The Wonderfully Awful English Language".
GRAMMAR LESSON
Ok - if mouse is pluralised to mice
And louse becomes lice
So grouse should become grice
Perhaps spouse pluralises to spice
And two girls wearing blouses so nice
Are really wearing blice
If you eat rice, each grain is a rouse
And if you like drinks with ice, each cube is an ouse
Playing with two dice? Then one is a douse
And if two girls are nice, one girl is just nouse
But not everyone is nice, some are into vice
Switchblade knives can slice, but one knife can only slouse
And criminals must pay the price, each one the prouse
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