By the reckoning of the mighty Oxford English Dictionary (why yes, we aresleeping together), the plural can be any of mongooses, mongeese, mongoose or mongooze(!!)
The zoo-keeper, having prepared a shipment to another zoo, was stymied when drafting the cover letter. "Enclosed are the two mongeese..." He scratched it out and wrote: "Enclosed are the two mongooses..." He scratched that out too.
Finally, he wrote: "Enclosed is the mongoose you requested. Also enclosed is the other mongoose you requested."
I vote for mongooze. That's made my day and I only just woke up.
By the reckoning of the mighty Oxford English Dictionary (why yes, we are sleeping together), the plural can be any of mongooses, mongeese, mongoose or mongooze(!!)
:-)
The zoo-keeper, having prepared a shipment to another zoo, was stymied when drafting the cover letter. "Enclosed are the two mongeese..." He scratched it out and wrote: "Enclosed are the two mongooses..." He scratched that out too.
Finally, he wrote: "Enclosed is the mongoose you requested. Also enclosed is the other mongoose you requested."