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    “The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that English is about as pure as a cribhouse whore. We don’t just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.”

    ― James D. Nicoll

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      1 year ago

      It would have to be spelled hoose, like goose or moose, goose geese

      House is spelled like mouse so mice hice