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" j3 F3 j$ L5 \! k  bWe'll begin with a box, and the plural is boxes; But the plural of ox became oxen not oxes.
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One fowl is a goose, but two are called geese, Yet the plural of moose should never be meese.
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8 |$ y2 o" R) _. o7 [You may find a lone mouse or a nest full of mice; Yet the plural of house is houses, not hice./ V1 u9 e! G- D. O- A5 A

" Q0 g4 c. C# G# HIf the plural of man is always called men, Why shouldn't the plural of pan be called pen?
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If I spoke of my foot and show you my feet, And I give you a boot, would a pair be a beet?
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* @6 y0 u3 n% u( V- Y$ D0 R' @If one is a tooth and a whole set are teeth, Why shouldn't the plural of booths be called beet?5 I' D9 O7 w; ~. b& P

' K* W3 v% f/ V' ^. h2 KThen 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.
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6 X& M  h4 D" r7 SWe speak of a brother and also of brethren, But though we say mother, we never say methren.
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Then the masculine pronouns are he, his and him, But imagine the feminine, she, shis and shim.
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0 Y  W; ]( x6 r) W  HLet's face it, English is a crazy language!& I! l' \$ `$ l6 m
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There is no egg in eggplant, nor ham in a hamburger; Neither apple nor pine in pineapple. English muffins weren't invented in England.
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7 c4 E: y3 O1 w, nAnd why is it that writers write but fingers don't fing, Grocers done groce and hammers don't hamm?, f% Y% ?. }- z8 V, ?+ X
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Doesn't it seem crazy that you can make amends, but not one amend?3 [8 X( a/ L6 j4 L* K% {( X8 W& H4 d

0 z: Y4 i% ~: r: e6 tIf you have a bunch of odds & ends, And get rid of all but one of them, what do you call it?
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$ N( i  h; m2 [9 U" cIf teachers taught, why didn't preachers praught?
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If a vegetarian eats vegetables, what does a humanitarian eat?- d2 Q2 k0 I; E7 h# t8 Y3 m# |6 I" a
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In what other language do people recite at a play and play at a recital?1 O3 }, n, M7 r7 u2 e% A2 `  j- n

* g* N4 j8 Z3 x9 ]4 u6 IShip by truck and send cargo by ship?
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1 `9 ^9 o" y( r. t* NHave noses that run and feet that smell?7 A9 p- E6 y8 `4 H* H( E# A

" k. c2 a  c$ [; L$ P" {: yHow can a slim chance and a fat chance be the same, while a wise man and a wise guy are opposites?* M; @# p0 l5 P0 [5 D
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You have to marvel at the unique lunacy of a language in which your
6 @! y3 g# A9 G4 m: NHouse burns down; in which you fill in a form by filling it out and in which an alarm goes off by going on!
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Sometimes, I think all the folks who grew up speaking English Should be committed to an asylum for the verbally insane
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