When you’re in a show, you hang out with the cast of that show a lot, particuarly while the show is running (rehearsals are often a “getting to know you” phase, so there’s less socializing, except when a number of you have worked together before). A number of us from Ruddigore went to Magnolia Cafe after the show last weekend, and I submitted the following query to the group:
If “booth” had a plural, what would it be?
Now, I know that “booth” does, technically, have a plural already: “booths”. I don’t like it. It just seems to me, given the way the word rolls off the tongue, that “booth” deserves a more intersting plural.
The group discussed the possibilities, and while no formal vote was taken, I’d say there were two clear favorites: “Beeth”, modeled after “goose” and “geese”, and “Bithe”, modeled after “mouse” and “mice.” I think I prefer “beeth”, because it’s the easier of the two to pronounce correctly based on its spelling. I’d love to hear other opinions on this important subject.
