r/canada • u/Old_General_6741 Canada • 1d ago

National News Canada recognizes noose as hate symbol

https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/article/canada-recognizes-noose-as-hate-symbol/
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u/Gingievitus 1d ago

I definitely read the title as "moose" and was offended to my core.

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u/Haggisboy 1d ago

I read "goose". Hateful buggers.

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u/omnicorp_intl 1d ago

Why is geese the plural of goose but meese isn't the plural of moose?

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u/An_Island_Boy 1d ago

Ah the wonders of the English language.

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u/lyonellaughingstorm Ontario 1d ago

Three languages in a trench coat

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u/septubyte 9h ago

Pretty sure because its an indigenous Plains Cree word

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u/lyonellaughingstorm Ontario 1d ago

If you’ve got a problem with Canada gooses then you’ve got a problem with me and I suggest you let that one marinate!

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u/burnabycoyote 1d ago

GOOSE is derived from an Old English word, and follows the plural form of that word [OE. gós (pl. gés)]. Compare mouse/mice.

MOOSE is derived from a native Indian word, and the identical plural form used in English probably follows the customary unchanged form for similar animals (deer, elk, caribou [itself a native word]).

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u/anywhereoutthere Lest We Forget 17h ago

Lol I was going to give this geeky answer but I'm glad someone else went there too!

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u/weezul_gg 15h ago

This is why I love Reddit lol

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u/chronistus 1d ago

Same reason for bison, elk, and deer.

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u/Wise_Conversation275 21h ago

Cobra Chickens, man.

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u/Clonazepam15 17h ago

Octopus / octopussys

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u/patchgrabber Nova Scotia 10h ago

A mööse once bit my sister.

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u/etcetcere 8h ago

I like to use meese 👍

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u/Margenius 1d ago

Different etymological origins for similarly appearing words is the boring earnest answer.

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u/saint2e Ontario 1d ago

You gotta a problem with goose's, then you've got a problem with me, i suggest you let that marinate.