Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Why wasn't it "Smurves"?
This is even weirder: The plural of "Dwarf" is "Dwarves" but when astronomers pluralize it, (as in the sense of a white dwarf star) they always call them "White Dwarfs." I have never spoken to anyone who knows why this is.
- Name: Jere
- Location: Rhode Island, United States