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Thanks. I updated the spelling. English as a second language has created a weird discrepancy in my brain for words that sound the same, but are written differently.

not - knot

where - were

...and now peak - pique

At least I don't confuse "you are" vs "your".

Now explain plurals to me:

cat - cats

dog - dogs

bird - birds

mouse - mice <--- why?

goose - geese

moose - moose <--- why not meese?

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I think it’s the Germanic roots bleeding through.

A “German” way to pluralize a noun is to “open up” the vowel, and occasionally add an “uh” at the end, for effect.

Maus -> Mäuse (kind of sounds like mice, listen to Google translate)

For moose, it would be spelt “muse” in German, which would be pluralized “müse”.

But umlaut does not exist in English, we use “oo” for “u”, and the “uh” is silent: so we get “moos” and “moos” :)

Also, apparently moose is an Algonquian loanword! TIL. Perhaps the plural in Algonquian dialects was not distinguishable to English speakers in the 1600s.