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Fatal Rocko Willis
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Joined: March 01, 2003
Posts: 1336
From: Kentucky
Posted: 2007-07-03 14:44   
We'll begin with a box, and the plural is boxes;
but the plural of ox became 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.
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icansee
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Joined: August 02, 2006
Posts: 327
Posted: 2007-07-03 17:13   
Rocko hunny have you been out in the sun too long?
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Smartin
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Joined: August 04, 2005
Posts: 1107
From: Michigan
Posted: 2007-07-03 17:18   
Quote:

On 2007-07-03 17:13, HMS Blueprint wrote:
Rocko hunny have you been out in the sun too long?





hunny?
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Sardaukar
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Raven Warriors

Joined: October 08, 2002
Posts: 1656
Posted: 2007-07-03 18:25   
Well said. Going to forward this to some of my teachers...
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Ramius
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Joined: January 12, 2002
Posts: 894
From: Ramius
Posted: 2007-07-03 18:48   
To someone who isn't a native speaker, English is one of the most difficult languages to learn due to inconsistencies such as these. Any romance language is much easier, and more elegant.


[ This Message was edited by: Ramius on 2007-07-03 18:49 ]
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Enterprise
Chief Marshal
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Joined: May 19, 2002
Posts: 2576
From: Hawthorne, Nevada
Posted: 2007-07-03 22:15   
The great part about being a native speaker, is you can make the english such an oh so flexible thing...





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Joined: March 03, 2004
Posts: 2673
Posted: 2007-07-04 01:17   
Seen it before. Still awesome.
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Admiral Arctica
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Interstellar Cultural Confederation United


Joined: April 26, 2007
Posts: 20
From: Estonia
Posted: 2007-07-04 03:51   
Quote:

On 2007-07-03 18:48, Ramius wrote:
To someone who isn't a native speaker, English is one of the most difficult languages to learn due to inconsistencies such as these. Any romance language is much easier, and more elegant.



Not really, it wasn't hard for me to learn it.. you try Russian, now that language is difficult.
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