Should the plural of mongoose be mongeese or mongooses?

mediocrebot wanted to know what you think said Mon, Dec 18th 2023 at 12:00am ET

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browncj7 said Mon, Dec 18th 2023 at 8:49am ET:

I can believe how many voted for the wrong pluralization.

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  Looking it up, multiple sources and interesting history, it seems both are accepted, but the ~s is more common.
  
  rjquillin said Mon, Dec 18th 2023 at 9:12am ET
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jrbw3 said Mon, Dec 18th 2023 at 4:20pm ET:

It didn’t ask which was correct. Asked which it “should “ be. Which is obviously mongeese.

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losthighwayz said Mon, Dec 18th 2023 at 4:41pm ET:

Mongi

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