We will begin with a box and the plural is boxes;
But the plural of ox should be oxen, not oxes.
Then one fowl is goose, but two are called geese;
Yet the plural of moose should never be meese.
You may find a lone mouse or a whole lot of mice.
But the plural of house is houses, not hice.
If the plural of man is always called men,
Why shouldn't the plural of pan be pen?
The cow in the plural may be cows or bovine.
But the plural of vow is vows not vine.
And i speak of a foot, and show me your feet,
But i give you a boot -- should a pair be called beet?
If the singular is this and the plural is these,
Should the plural of kiss br niknamed kese?
Then one may be that and these may be those,
Yet the plural of hat would never be hose.
We apeak of a brother and also of brethren,
But though we sat mother, we never sat methren.
The masculine pronouns are he, his and him.
But imagine the feminine she, shid and shim!
So our English i think by now you'll agree
Is the trckiest language you ever did see.
Anon
