- 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, why shouldn't the plural of pan be called pen?
- If I spoke 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.
- 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.
- Let's face! it! - English is a crazy language.
2007-07-27 01:50:18 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
nice poem, you'll be the next Dr. Sues
2007-07-27 01:56:13 · answer #1 · answered by k i w i ♥182 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
So what ? Try some foreign languages. In German a knife, fork, and spoon are all different genders. In French, every single object is either masculine or feminine . What's either masculine or feminine about a rock, or a shoe ?
Sure there are many silly things about everything, if you take the time to hunt them out.
You forgot about chopping the tree down, then chopping it up. Seems that you're back where you started.
2007-07-27 09:02:35 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I taught English to foreign born residents a few years ago. I don't know how many times I had to say, "it is just that way." I never realized how hard of a language we had until I started trying to teach it.
2007-07-27 11:00:32 · answer #3 · answered by Patti C 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well, English is the hardest language to learn. Okay, except Chinese (any kind)...
I guess the person that made up the English that we speak now, must've had no clue what he was thinking. Or, he was just trying to make it hard on everyone.
2007-07-27 08:56:00 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is very complicated..us people who are fluent in english never think about it..but to foreigners..it has to be completely confusing with all the crazy rules...and not to mention the crazy slang we have....haha
2007-07-27 08:53:27 · answer #5 · answered by BooBell=) 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, English is quite crazy. I learned this when I began to learn Spanish.
2007-07-27 08:53:55 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
English is supposed to be the most difficult language to learn...next to Chinese.
2007-07-27 08:53:26 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, there is a rule then a hundred exceptions,
2007-07-27 08:56:07 · answer #8 · answered by Nourhan 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Waht is eevn carizer is taht you can raed tihs wohle stenence.
2007-07-27 08:53:15 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
Ouch. My head hurts.
2007-07-27 08:53:05 · answer #10 · answered by SLICK G. 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋