On Sun, 19 Aug 2007, Tamara P Duvall wrote:
> For all the language buffs out there...
> ode to plurals
>
> Ain't English grand?
as she is spoke ;)
Interesting rhyme and clever - I then looked at each point/counterpoint
for the etymology and conclude that English words that rhyme aren
On 8/19/07 2:43 AM, Tamara P Duvall wrote:
If I speak of my foot and show you my feet,
And I give you a boot, would a pair be called beet?
My English professor told us that by the rules of language
development, the plural of book should have been beek -- but
when a kid came home and sa
Thanks to Tamara for this lesson on irregular plurals of nouns.
I still have a copy of the original version of this little poem somewhere.
I was told that it was produced by a Dutch professor at Hull university
in response to another poem, produced by a student, about illogical
Dutch spellings,
