Spelling / Grammar Assistance

[Kilgore Trout]

I'm having difficulty finding an answer - what is the proper plural of noose?

Noose? Nooses? TIA

[The_Lurker]

[hongkonger]

Nooses

[MumblesBadly]

I'm guessing that the OP is unsure about this matter because the plural case of "moose", which is very close in spelling, is the same as the singular case. So, shouldn't similarly spelled words in English always use similar case structures? Sadly for those who wished English had consistently applicable logical rules, especially ESLers, the answer is "Fuck, no!" But that's what makes learning about how the English language came to be handed down to us so interesting.

Which is why I highly recommend the History of English Podcast, by Kevin Stroud. To-date, there are almost a hindred episodes, and cover from the earliest lnown linguistic root language of English (Proto Indo-European) 4500 to 6000 years ago, up to about halfway into Middle English in 13th Century. And because the author/narrator sometimes slips in contextual sneak previews of subsequent additions to the language, he's already discussed why the plural of "moose" doesn't have the common plural "s/es" suffix that nouns like "noose" have.

http://historyofenglishpodcast.com/episodes/