1 Fish ... 2 Fish ?

[Anna07]

OK.. just a quick and maybe silly question.
Is it 2 Fish or 2 Fishes ??? What is the correct word ?

I say Fish

[Jeclipse]

I say 2 fish :)

[Noah_and_Elijah]

2 Fish

[Fuchsia!]

2 fish:)

[cheezelz]

:idea: Yup...what they say^^^^^^^

[Anna07]

I agree with you all that it is 2 FISH.... so why are play school and other children's programs pronouncing it 2 FISHES ???

[Jeclipse]

I agree with you all that it is 2 FISH.... so why are play school and other children's programs pronouncing it 2 FISHES ???

oh really?!? .. thats not good:no:
do they say fishies? or fishes..

[Anna07]

this morning on playschool they were singing a song and they said fishes swimming....

what the?

[Jeclipse]

very strange:confused:

[Harlequin]

'fishes' is for when you are referring to more than one species. You don't have to use it this way though. I think it's older.

'fish' is when you are talking about multiple of the one species but is generally accepted as the plural.

[~Bec~]

Yep, the plural of fish is fish.
Sheep too.