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THE ODDITIES OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE

THE ODDITIES OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE. If the plural of BOX IS BOXES, then why is the plural of OX ….. OXEN … and not oxes ??. One fowl is a GOOSE, And two fowl are called GEESE, Why is the plural of MOOSE not MEESE ??. You may find a single mouse Or a nest of MICE,

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THE ODDITIES OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE

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  1. THE ODDITIES OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE

  2. If the plural of BOX IS BOXES, then why is the plural of OX ….. OXEN … and not oxes ??

  3. One fowl is a GOOSE, And two fowl are called GEESE, Why is the plural of MOOSE not MEESE ??

  4. You may find a single mouse Or a nest of MICE, But the plural of house is HOUSES, not HICE .

  5. If the plural of MAN Is MEN, Shouldn’t the plural of PAN Be PEN ??

  6. If I spoke of my FOOT And show you my FEET, If I give you a BOOT, Would a pair be called a BEET ??

  7. If one is a TOOTH And a whole set are TEETH, Why shouldn’t the plural of BOOTH Be BEETH ??

  8. Then ONE may be THAT, And THREE would be THOSE, Yet HAT in the plural would never be HOSE, And the plural of CAT is still CATS, not COSE.

  9. We speak of a BROTHER And also of BRETHREN, But though we say MOTHER, We never say METHREN !!

  10. If the masculine pronouns are HE, HIS and HIM Why aren’t the feminine SHE, SHIS, and SHIM ????

  11. In what other language … Does quicksand work slowly, Boxing rings are square, A guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig ??

  12. Why is it that writers WRITE, But fingers don’t finge, Grocers don’t groce and hammers don’t hamm ?? If teachers taught, why didn’t preachers praught ?

  13. In what other language, Do people Ship by truck and send cargo by ship ? Have noses that run and feet that smell ? How can a slim chance and a fat chance Be the same, While a wise man and a wise guy are opposite ??

  14. If a vegetarian Eats vegetables, What does a HUMANITARIAN EAT ?????

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