THE KING’S ENGLISH.
We’ll begin with box, the plural is boxes, But the plural of ox is oxen, not oxes; One fowl is a goose, but two are called geese, Yet tne plural of moose 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 called pen? If I speak of a foot and you show me two feet,
And if 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? h the singular’s this and the plural these, Should the plural of kiss ever be keese? We speak of a brother and also of brethren, But though we say mother, we never say methren. 1 hen the masculine pronouns are he, his and him, But imagine the feminine, she, shis and shim. So, what?
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Flak, 1 July 1943, Page 33
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176THE KING’S ENGLISH. Flak, 1 July 1943, Page 33
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