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What Does a Moose Order at Tim Hortons

by waterotter
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Too cute!

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    Wow! That little guys is cute.
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  • Profile picture of the author Dennis Gaskill
    The moose, which is believed to be male, was later taken to the refuge centre...
    I don't know much about moose, but is it hard to tell male from female at that age? Wouldn't a quick peek tell you?
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    What an adorable little guy.

    Isn't the plural of moose, Meeces?
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    • Profile picture of the author bizgrower
      Originally Posted by HeySal View Post

      What an adorable little guy.

      Isn't the plural of moose, Meeces?
      I'll go ask that language warrior.




      Oh, wait she's the one asking the question.
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        Originally Posted by bizgrower View Post

        I'll go ask that language warrior.




        Oh, wait she's the one asking the question.
        Pluralities and names of groups CAN get pretty complicated in English. I bet if you listed 100 different types of animals, with various group types, that nobody could correctly tell you the groups of all of them.

        So like:

        goose, geese, gaggle
        lion, lions, pride
        bird, birds, flock
        snake, snakes, ?
        mouse, mice,?
        moose, moose, herd But HEY: moose - Wiktionary So mooses and meese ARE fine BUT....

        I have seen people mention LOTS of names for a group of mice, family, plague, nest,mischief , but I think most are misapplications. For example a group of baby mice isn't a litter. A litter refers to the mice of one pregnancy. So a group of baby mice, or even adult mice , could be from several litters.

        And snakes spoke of nests and dens, pits, knots, tied, but again...

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    "What Does a Moose Order at Tim Hortons?"

    If it's a femoose, it orders the bull winkle.
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  • Profile picture of the author waterotter
    Isn't the plural of moose, Meeces?
    If ya go by the Urban dictionary, yeah!

    Boy: I saw some meese the other day.
    Girl: Wtf is a meese?
    Boy: Meese is the plural of moose.
    Girl: No. The plural of moose is moose.

    Actually "moose" is treated as an invariant noun.

    Only in Canada, eh!
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  • Profile picture of the author Paul Myers
    Kurt,
    Based on the age of the moose in the OP, I'm guessing the statutory moose laws in PA are pretty lax?
    As far as I know, the wild life of wildlife is largely unregulated here. Except for penguins.


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    • Profile picture of the author Dan Riffle
      Originally Posted by Kurt View Post

      Based on the age of the moose in the OP, I'm guessing the statutory moose laws in PA are pretty lax?
      Originally Posted by Paul Myers View Post

      Kurt,As far as I know, the wild life of wildlife is largely unregulated here. Except for penguins.


      Paul

      I could be wrong, but I'm pretty sure it's legal for anything to have sex with anything in PA.

      A little border state humor there, Paul.
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      • Profile picture of the author Paul Myers
        Dan,
        I could be wrong, but I'm pretty sure it's legal for anything to have sex with anything in PA.
        Except buckeyes. And penguins.
        A little border state humor there, Paul.
        Ah. The famous "Invisible Mensch" trick, eh?


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      • Profile picture of the author Kurt
        Originally Posted by Dan Riffle View Post

        I could be wrong, but I'm pretty sure it's legal for anything to have sex with anything in PA.
        Sounds like the perfect "setup" for 1001 Claude punchlines.
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  • Profile picture of the author Patrician
    Bummer - "video removed by user"

    I could have used a cute animal fix.

    I always thought meese was plural MOUSE not moose.
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    • Profile picture of the author waterotter
      Originally Posted by Patrician View Post

      Bummer - "video removed by user"

      I could have used a cute animal fix.

      I always thought meese was plural MOUSE not moose.
      I just fixed that for you, Patrician!
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      • Profile picture of the author Patrician
        Originally Posted by waterotter View Post

        I just fixed that for you, Patrician!
        Thanks Jody.

        Sooooo cute!

        ... and now that I think about it mice is the plural of mouse so maybe meese really is plural for mooses.

        who knew. :confused:
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    For the plurally confused...

    Fun With Words: Collective Nouns
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  • Profile picture of the author HeySal
    Ummm................I was just kidding people (meeses). It was a reference to an old cartoon. Seems that Jody "got it" at least.

    The word "moose" is given to us via the Indians, and is both singular and plural, however, you will hear the "s" added to it now and again because people aren't always sure about variant plurals.

    A group of moose is simply called a "herd".
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    • Profile picture of the author Kay King
      I wonder if you hand raise a little moosie like that....do they end up with the same touchy temperament?
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      • Profile picture of the author bizgrower
        Cute moose probably gets to order anything.

        Originally Posted by HeySal View Post

        Ummm................I was just kidding people (meeses). It was a reference to an old cartoon. Seems that Jody "got it" at least.

        The word "moose" is given to us via the Indians, and is both singular and plural, however, you will hear the "s" added to it now and again because people aren't always sure about variant plurals.

        A group of moose is simply called a "herd".
        I knew you knew the correct answer to meeses.
        I don't know the cartoon you were referencing.
        (I probably do and just can't pull the memory up.)

        Originally Posted by Kay King View Post

        I wonder if you hand raise a little moosie like that....do they end up with the same touchy temperament?
        I'd guess not:

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    • Profile picture of the author ThomM
      Originally Posted by HeySal View Post

      Ummm................I was just kidding people (meeses). It was a reference to an old cartoon. Seems that Jody "got it" at least.

      The word "moose" is given to us via the Indians, and is both singular and plural, however, you will hear the "s" added to it now and again because people aren't always sure about variant plurals.

      A group of moose is simply called a "herd".
      As rarely as you will see more then one Moose at a time, a plural isn't really needed.
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      • Profile picture of the author Kay King
        I've decided that with 1 or 2 only - it will be "moose".

        If there are three, it will be mooose.

        Sounds fair to me and down here on the coast, deciding which word to use won't be a common problem.
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        • Profile picture of the author ThomM
          Originally Posted by Kay King View Post

          I've decided that with 1 or 2 only - it will be "moose".

          If there are three, it will be mooose.

          Sounds fair to me and down here on the coast, deciding which word to use won't be a common problem.
          Around here 1 is Moose. More then one together it's "calmly walk away". Moose are solitary and you only see more then one when they are in rut or if a mother is with their young.
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      Originally Posted by HeySal View Post

      Ummm................I was just kidding people (meeses). It was a reference to an old cartoon. Seems that Jody "got it" at least.

      The word "moose" is given to us via the Indians, and is both singular and plural, however, you will hear the "s" added to it now and again because people aren't always sure about variant plurals.

      A group of moose is simply called a "herd".
      Good to know, though it apparently isn't that unusual. I can't say I hate meeses to pieces! (Another reference to a cartoon!)

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        when they are in rut or if a mother is with their young
        Yeah - both cases walking away would be advisable.
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