--- Kenneth Gorelick <pulmon at mac.com> wrote: > > On Nov 29, 2005, at 9:29 AM, Jon_Lincicum at stream.com wrote: > > >>> On 11/28/05, Jon_Lincicum at stream.com <Jon_Lincicum at stream.com> > >>> wrote: > >>> However, some animals on earth have their own name as a plural (i.e > > Moose, > >>> Fish, Orca) and since the house names are all based on animal names, > >>> self-pluralizing makes as much sense as any other approach. > > Here are some more examples from our world: > > > > bison, deer, sheep, swine I think this happens with names of herd animals. 'Wolves', 'lions', 'foxes', and names of other carnivores pluralize; names of primates do; 'sharks', 'rays'... I can't think of what distinguishes the pluralizing waterdwellers. mam/c&s/dw __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com