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Bob Jonkman (bobjonkman@gs.jonkman.ca)'s status on Monday, 02-Jul-2018 14:54:07 EDT Bob Jonkman Why is the collective now for a group of people who have the title "Chief" not "Chieves"? cf. Thief, Thieves; Sheaf, Sheaves; &c. #Inconsistent #English -
Bob Jonkman (bobjonkman@gs.jonkman.ca)'s status on Monday, 02-Jul-2018 14:55:07 EDT Bob Jonkman #$%&! #autocorrect s/now/noun/ -
Marcin Cieślak (saper@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 06-Aug-2018 13:04:17 EDT Marcin Cieślak @bobjonkman Chief is from old French, so it must have got a proper Saxon plural. Other words were probably Germanic from the very beginning :)
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