It's not my fault but the silly language doesn't quite know whether it's coming or going
we do have these kind of funny "strange" expressions! I think it is kind of sense-of-humour or trickiness whatever applicable, isn't?
No wonder the English language is so very difficult to learn.
I sometimes wonder how we manage to communicate at all!
We'll begin with a box and the plural is boxes.
But the plural of ox should be oxen, not oxes.
The one fowl is a goose but two are called geese,
Yet the plural of moose should never be meese.
You may found a lone mouse or a whole set of mice,
Yet 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 called pen?
If I speak of a foot and you show me your feet,
And I give you a boot, would a pair be called beet?
If one is a tooth and a whole set are teeth,
Why should not the plural of booth be called beeth?
Then one may be that and three would be those,
Yet hat in the plural wouldn't be hose.
And the plural of cat is cats and not cose.
We speak of a brother and also of brethren,
But though we say Mother, we never say Methren,
Then the masculine pronouns are he, his and him,
But imagine the feminine she, shis and shim,
Did you ever wonder why funeral starts with the word fun?
Would church music be considered organic?
Isn't dogma a bitch?
What are you vacating when you go on vacation?
Should someone with guests act hostile? Or take them hostage?
Wouldn't it be more accurate to call a fireman a waterman? fireman
Can you enjoy a party fully?
Is a precaution something you get before a caution?
Do undertakers actually undertake when it comes to fees for service?
Could we call an abstract painting an artificial artifice?
At sundown wouldn't you expect nightrise instead of nightfall?
Would you expect a high-rise of flats to be very tall?
Isn't kidnapping normal in kindergartens?
"Pro and con are opposites, that fact is clearly seen. If progress means to move forward, then what does congress mean?"
Isn't it totally confusing?
