Weird plurals in English: Men, geese, sheep, knives and many more

Everyone knows that you make plurals in English by an adding an S. So how come we have men instead of mans and mice instead of mouses And why are sheep and fish the plural and the singular terms In this video, I explain the fascinating history of these words and many more from their Old English origins. You ll also learn why the plurals of wife, knife, life and half all swap their Fs for Vs to become wives, knives, lives and halves. I ll help you navigate the phenomena of the Latin and Greek plurals in English. By the end, you ll know your crises from your indices and your cacti from your octopi (it should actually be octopodes ). And I ll also put to bed any confusion over how to order panini and to judge graffiti. Check me out on Twitter TikTok: