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Why is it called nose singular? It should be noses

We have two holes in the front of our head filled with goop. They are for seeing. These holes with goop are called eyes.

We have two holes in the side of our head for hearing. They are called ears.

We have two holes for smelling, but they are called nose (singular). If eyes are plural and ears are plural, nose should be plural too. From now on i’m calling my nose to be noses. I smell the roses with my noses.

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Astrolabe
17 years ago

NOSTRILS is plural Matt, but the nose is a singular unit. Your HOUSE (singular) has windows (plural) but you dont call it houses

Sparx
17 years ago

I was just going to explain the “nostrils” thing.. but you beat me to it. 🙂 Maybe he does call his windows “houses”? “I have 2 houses on the wall in my bedroom.”, “It’s really raining outside! Come look out the houses!”

Sparx
17 years ago

actually, the hole in the ear is the “ear canal” or “auditory canal”.

unlikelymoose
17 years ago

Did you know that multiple strands of spaghetti are called spaghetti and a single strand is called spaghetto? I learned that while listening to Robert Greenberg’s “How to Listen to and Understand Great Music” series on CD.

Astrolabe
17 years ago

why not SHEEPS and DEERS then!

Sparx
17 years ago

What about gunshot wounds? Or worse?