--- In cybalist@..., Daniel Dubowy <bar_iona@...> wrote:
>
> ****
> Pluralization can also vary from Standard English:
> eyes becomes "een" and shoes become "shuin." Nouns of
> measure remain unchanged in the plural, so "two miles"
> becomes "twa mile" and "five pounds" is "five pun."
> ****
Three words in Danish retain an -n plural: øjne "eyes", øren "ears"
(obs., replaced by the regular ører) and øxne "oxen" (even more
obsolete, replaced by okser).
Swedish has n-plural in ögon and öron (plus a large nummber of names
of berries + ostron "oysters").
The fact that these relic forms show a large show a large overlap
between Continental Scandinavian and English still puzzles me. Dutch
and German have no similar relic forms.
Torsten