Pease Porridge Hot

In today's language, "Pease Porridge Hot" would be rendered "Pea Porridge Hot" and not "Peas Porridge Hot."

"Pease" is one of those words that were misunderstood by their users. "Pease" is a singular word, but is was mistaken for a plural word. So the word "pea" was invented as the singular form.

"Pease" lost its singular meaning entirely, and eventually, the spelling was changed to "peas."

Someday, if you're nice, I will tell you the very similar story about the word "cherry."

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