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What is the plural for Mongoose?

Asked by AstroChuck (22296points) | asked June 15th, 2008 | 11 responses | “Great Question” (0points) | Flag as…

I know. Kind of a dumb question, right? But if the plural for goose is geese, it follows that the plural for mongoose must be mongeese. Except, I don’t think that’s right. Anyone know? Just a throw away question.

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bluemukaki's avatar

Mongooses is proper, but Mongeese is actually generally accepted. (in some circles at least).

I personally believe that it should work in a numerical fashion e.g. Hemigoose, Mongoose, Digoose, Trigoose, Tetragoose, Pentagoose, Hexagoose, Heptagoose, Octogoose… all the way up to Kilagoose (1,000 Mongooses)

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PnL's avatar

Mongooses. oh wait, too late. what bluemukaki said.

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Allie's avatar

I like to refer to them as mongi (just for the heck of it).

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PnL's avatar

@ Allie – Mongi actually sounds cool!

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sinscriven's avatar

I don’t like Mongooses, it looks weird to me. I go with Mongeese.

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playthebanjo's avatar

I vote for mongeeses.

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AstroChuck's avatar

phoenyx- I’m beginning to think that there are no original questions.

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playthebanjo's avatar

only original answers?

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amandaafoote's avatar

I like Mongeeses!

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