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Nothing to do ??? Read this :

ONLY THE ENGLISH COULD HAVE INVENTED THIS LANGUAGE!
[ Oh it can be difficult alright! ]


We'll begin with a BOX, and the plural is BOXES,
But the plural of OX becomes OXEN, not OXES.

One fowl is a GOOSE, but two are called GEESE,
Yet the plural of MOOSE should never be MEESE..

You may find a lone MOUSE or a nest full of MICE,
Yet the plural of HOUSE is HOUSES, not HICE.

If the plural of MAN is always called MEN,
Then shouldn't the plural of PAN be called PEN?

If I speak of my FOOT and show you my 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 called BEETH?

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 CATS, not COSE.

Then the masculine pronouns are HE, HIS and HIM,
But imagine the feminine: SHE, SHIS and SHIM!



Let's face it - English is a crazy language.



There is no EGG in EGGPLANT nor HAM in HAMBURGER;
Neither APPLE nor PINE in PINEAPPLE.

ENGLISH MUFFINS weren't invented in ENGLAND.
We take English for granted, but if we explore its paradoxes,
We find that QUICKSAND can work SLOWLY,
                                         and BOXING RINGS are SQUARE,
And a GUINEA PIG is neither from GUINEA nor is it a PIG.

And why is it that WRITERS write but FINGERS don't fing,
GROCERS don't groce and HAMMERS don't ham?

If teachers TAUGHT, why didn't preachers PRAUGHT?
If a VEGETARIAN eats vegetables, what does a HUMANITARIAN eat?

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We SHIP by TRUCK but send CARGO by SHIP.
We have NOSES that RUN and FEET that SMELL.
We PARK in a DRIVEWAY and DRIVE in a PARKWAY.

And how can a SLIM chance and a FAT chance be the same,

You have to marvel at the unique lunacy of a language

In which your house can burn UP as it burns DOWN,
In which you fill IN a form by filling it OUT,

And in which an alarm goes OFF by going ON.
And, in closing, if Father is POP, how come Mother's not MOP?

                 
                               
                                                                 - Dale Shapter Lau -