[Proposal] oxen → oxes

[zhonglish]

This is a proposal to retire the word oxen in favor of oxes.

The only surviving -en plural. Brethren, children, oxen — let children keep it, oxen can go.

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[sunrise]

There’s exactly ONE surviving -en plural in regular use (children). Oxen is the second and it’s barely hanging on.

Let it go naturally. We don’t need to push it.

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