Quote Originally Posted by Pleater View Post
The plural of hose is hosen, though it is an antique form - my grandmother used it but
I have not heard anyone else use it naturally.

Shoe also took the same form, shoen, and house, housen.

The use is a bit weird - you have several pairs of hose or shoes, two or three houses, but four is hosen, shoen or housen.

Anne the Pleater :ootd:
According to my friend Mack Daddy, one Ho is as much trouble as two, so you may as well have both.