Hmm.

  • queermunist@lemmy.world
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    There’s a theory that, at one time, “man” was a gender neutral term for persons and we called males “weremen” and obviously women “women”

    That probably isn’t true, but it’s fun to think about a world where that was reversed.

    EDIT Also evidently there was wifmann and wapman, which is an even funnier world to imagine.

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    Not what you asked for, but Welsh has irregular plurals for adults and children, too:

    Adult: oedolyn
    Adults: oedolion

    Child: plentyn
    Children: plant

    (Still learning, so I’m not too sure why or how)

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    “Irwin, what is the plural of ox?”

    — “Oxen! The farmer used his oxen!”

    “Brian, what is the plural of box?”

    — “Boxen. I bought two boxen of donuts.”

    “Irwin, what is the plural of goose?”

    — “Geese! I saw a flock of geese!”

    “Brian, what is the plural of moose?”

    “MOOSEN!”