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Plural of fish.

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TheOnlyOliviaMumsnet · 21/05/2015 18:18

There is a lovely church based coffee morning near me called Little Fishes.
Why is it not Little Fish??

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iklboo · 21/05/2015 18:21

I live near a shop called Sofa's, Bed's & Mattresse's

THAT is mind blowing! Grin

LuluJakey1 · 21/05/2015 18:23

Fishies?

BlossomTang · 21/05/2015 18:24

This very topic came up with my partner this morning! I recall seeing "fishes" when I was younger and reading American fishkeeping magazines so can only assume that it came over from there.

Feels good to blame American English for this but I may be wrong Smile

DrankSangriaInThePark · 21/05/2015 18:24

When you can (more or less) count them, they are fishes. When they are more generic, or dead they are fish.

So, all the fish in the sea, or the fish on my plate...

Am guessing these "fishes" are on a logo? Or a children's playgroup thingy?

PacificDogwood · 21/05/2015 18:27

Both have their uses

Or is it 'either'? Wink

PacificDogwood · 21/05/2015 18:28

So, the coffee morning referred to many different species of little fishes, not just a number of the same fish Grin

GerundTheBehemoth · 21/05/2015 18:28

Fishes is often used when talking about more than one species.

There's also the expression 'sleep with the fishes'.

TheOnlyOliviaMumsnet · 21/05/2015 19:58

Yes, and loaves and fishes
Just suddenly wondered where the extra 'es' came from...

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