<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div dir="ltr"><span style="caret-color: rgb(72, 72, 72); color: rgb(72, 72, 72); font-family: sans-serif, serif; font-size: 42px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Why English Is Hard To Learn</span><div><br></div><div>by James Donovan</div><div><br></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(72, 72, 72); background-color: white;">We'll begin with box; the plural is boxes; </span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(72, 72, 72);"><br><span style="background-color: white;">But the plural of ox is oxen, not oxes, </span><br><span style="background-color: white;">One fowl is a goose, and two are called geese, </span><br><span style="background-color: white;">Yet the plural of moose is never called meese. </span><br><br><span style="background-color: white;">You can find a lone mouse or a house full of mice; </span><br><span style="background-color: white;">But the plural of house is houses not hice. </span><br><span style="background-color: white;">The plural of man is always men. </span><br><span style="background-color: white;">But the plural of pan is never pen. </span><br><br><span style="background-color: white;">If I speak of a foot, and you show me two feet, </span><br><span style="background-color: white;">And I give you a book, would a pair be a beek? </span><br><span style="background-color: white;">If one is a tooth and a whole set are teeth, </span><br><span style="background-color: white;">Why shouldn't two booths be called beeth? </span><br><br><span style="background-color: white;">If the singular's this and the plural is these, </span><br><span style="background-color: white;">Should the plural of kiss be ever called keese? </span><br><br><span style="background-color: white;">We speak of a brother and also of brethren, </span><br><span style="background-color: white;">But though we say mother, we never say methren. </span><br><span style="background-color: white;">When the masculine pronouns are he, his, and him; </span><br><span style="background-color: white;">Just imagine the feminine....she, shis, and shim!</span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><br></div>————————————————-<br><br><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">http://www.MoscowCares.net</span></div><div><br></div><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div><br></div><div>“A stranger is just a friend you haven’t met.”</div><div>- Roy E. Stolworthy</div><div></div></div></div></div></body></html>