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ScarTheGoth t1_ja8spuc wrote

Reply to comment by CrashBandioof420 in Humen is a more logical plural to human than humans. It’s men and women, not mans and womans. by frenglish_man

Also the word humen just looks off. It’s also pronounced so similar to human that when saying it quickly you’d barely notice the difference.

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uhlevar t1_ja9k054 wrote

All words look off if you are used to something else

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PoopIsAlwaysSunny t1_ja9tfnl wrote

I think pronunciation is a big part of this. We can look at etymology, but language is a living thing. If “human” were pronounced like “man” we’d probably have “humen”, but it’s not, so humans makes more sense

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