Wednesday 18 August 2010

On a lighter note, English. A Funny Language.

Ill start with box. The plural is boxes. But the plural of ox should be oxen and not oxes.

One fowl is a goose. Two are called geese. The plural of mouse? Its not meese. You might find a lone mouse or a whole nest of mice; but the plural of house is houses, not hice.

The plural of man is always called men, then why should the plural of pan be called pen?

Cows in the plural is called Cows or Kine. But a bow if repeated, is never called bine. If that is not clear enough, the plural of vow is vows never vine.

If I speak of one foot, you’ll show me two feet. If I give you a boot. Would you call a pair beet?

If one is a tooth and a whole set are teeth, why shouldn’t the plural of booth be beeth?

If the singular’s this and the plural is these, should the plural of kiss be keese?

One may be that, and two maybe those… but the plural of hat will not be hose. And the plural of cat is cats and not cose.

We speak of brother and brethren, But when we say mother, we never say methren.

The masculine pronouns are his, he and him. But imagine the feminine, she, shis and shim.

So, English, I think you will agree, is the funniest language you ever did see.

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