Prince Chaz will be heard to say, 'hice' as plural of 'house', and 'grouse' as plural of 'grice'
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Thus the OED:
grice. App. Cotgrave's assimilation of "grouse" to the Fr. grieche
(:-L. type graecisca, fem. of graeciscus. See Greekish.
As in poule, perdrix grieche; erron. taken by some etymologists to be the original of
grouse.
1611 Cotgr.
Poule griesche, a moor henn; the Hen of the Grice, or Moore Game.
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