And not let's not forget...

An English Test

We’ll begin with box, the plural is boxes,
But the plural of ox should be oxen not oxes.
One fowl is a goose, but two are called geese,
Yet the plural of mouse is never meese.
You may find a lone mouse, or a whole nest of mice,
But the plural of house is houses, not hice.
If the plural of man is always men,
Why shouldn’t the plural of pan be pen?
The cow in the plural may be called cows or kine,
But a bow if repeated is never called bine;
And the plural of vow is vows, not vine.
If I speak of a foot and you show me two 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 shouldn’t the plural of booth be beeth?
If the singular’s this and the plural these,
Should the plural of kiss be ever writ keese?
We speak of a brother, and also of brethren,
But though we say mother, we never say methren.
The masculine pronouns are he, his and him,
But imagine the feminine she, shis and shim!
So the English, I think you will all agree,
Is the funniest language you ever did see.

In reply to Re^2: Wishlist: help for people that don't differentiate homonyms by AnomalousMonk
in thread Wishlist: help for people that don't differentiate homonyms by Anonymous Monk

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