You mean…THIS?! Yes, this is the very document referenced in the meme above.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1aAzlkVUOzaV5OzhcMSTeERNV9jpLLW0N/view?usp=drivesdk

There were go.

That second comma is really getting to me.

Yup. That phenomenon is called “analogical change”. The opposite happens too though! For example, “person” and “parson”.

Actuallyyy…

Goose comes from Old English, where they pluralized [go:s] (think “goes” with a soft S) by adding [iz] (like “ease”).

When saying [go:siz], it was kinda hard for the mouth to switch the vowels from the [o] to the [i] quickly, so to save themselves the trouble, they’d change the first vowel to make it a little more similar to the second, so [go:siz] became [ge:siz].

Then, that was too long, so they dropped the [z]. [ge:si] (think “guessy” but the “e” lasts a bit longer than usual).

Then, that was too long, so they dropped the [i]. [ge:s] (“guess” with that same drawn out “e”).

📯It’s the Great Vowel Shift!📯 Now, [go:s] and [ge:s] become [gu:s] and [gi:s]. Almost there!

The vowels become a tad short over time, and now, you have [gus] and [gis] which are written “goose” and “geese”.

But “MOOSE”? That’s Algonquin. It has nothing to do with all that noise. “But they sound the same and are written the same?!” So? Haven’t you heard? English orthography is a dumpster fire. Nobody knows what they’re doing. Not even the words.

“A little”. Lol

Note that some studies show nine mouse days are roughly equivalent to one human year.

Excuse me?

Thanks for explaining it like that! It made a lot of sense.

I’ve been wondering the same as I’ve been wanting to migrate to Pathfinder 2er, but I’ve also been considering other systems. I just don’t have a lot of time or friends who play many TTRPGs.

I genuinely appreciate the technical breakdown. 💜

Most paladins and clerics will have proficiency in Religion specifically to compensate for this. As a DM, I also like to give clerics and paladins advantage on rolls having to do with their specific religions or gods as well.

That being said, there’s a difference between being in tune with your God versus memorizing lists of rules and historical facts related to your religion and other religions. Like, I’m an atheist, but I’ve read a lot about religions, yet there are lifelong Catholics I know that don’t know Catholicism is a type of Christianity. They believe it to be a completely separate religion. There’s also a lot of interesting stories in the Bible that I’ve referenced, but they’ve never heard of in spite of many Christians considering the Bible to be the backbone of their religious beliefs.

Not that that translates directly to a D&D cleric or paladin, but it goes to show that being a part of a religion isn’t inherently linked to knowing stuff about it.

Connect rarely makes it on these lists, but I think it’s fantastic.

Is that a community named after the instance?