Yes, I am teething again. That is the big news of the day. Never mind that some guy on a little island nearby is finally stepping down from power, I'm getting more teeth!!!!!! And it is not fun!My mother didn't even notice the bulging bump on my upper gum. She just happened to give me some Orajel to see if that would calm me down yesterday. Her thinking was, "If it works, he's teething, if not...oh well, a little numbness won't hurt you". But later that day, my father informed her that there was indeed a tooth trying to pry its way out from under my gums.
And that is what brings me to this question: if tooth becomes teeth in the plural form, why doesn't a toothbrush become teethbrushes when pluralized?
