Rabbids performing violent acts are a common scene in medieval marginalia.

But why are they there?

Well, it turns out Monty Python was onto something.

Grammar girl here, I'm Minion Fogarty and you can think of me as your friendly guide to the English language.

We talk about writing, history, rules, and other cool stuff.

This week in honor of Easter, we answer a question about a dozen eggs.

And then we talk about pictures of killer bunnies in medieval manuscripts.

This first segment is by Neil Whitman.

We got a call from a listener named Carl with a question about the word dozen.

Miss grammar girl, this is Carl Webster from the thriving metropolis of tele-Homogeneity.

A question for you.

I can go and it sounds okay to say I'm going to buy two pounds of ground beef or two pounds of ribbys.

But then I will buy a dozen eggs or a dozen roses.

The reason for my question, there's a podcast I listen to where one of the hosts is from Boston.

He grew up in the Boston, the Northeast.

And he says he goes to buy a dozen of eggs.

And he gets his wife a dozen of roses.

Why does two pounds of ground beef sound okay?

But a dozen of eggs sound so odd.

Thank you very much, grammar girl.

Love all the stuff you do in your books and your podcast.

Thank you very much.

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