tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2388717540545987605.post5501634535717595257..comments2024-01-26T19:48:37.576+00:00Comments on crivens jings and help ma blog: The Sunday PostAlistairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16667242161539996736noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2388717540545987605.post-27073745978712957022011-07-18T06:44:06.477+01:002011-07-18T06:44:06.477+01:00Jane - thanks, that's a braw addition!
TSB - ...Jane - thanks, that's a braw addition!<br /><br />TSB - I know what you mean.Alistairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16667242161539996736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2388717540545987605.post-18175842918011739462011-07-18T00:05:01.225+01:002011-07-18T00:05:01.225+01:00Sounds better when spoken in Glesca.Sounds better when spoken in Glesca.Twisted Scottish Bastardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06825025524038296192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2388717540545987605.post-2504924602375640352011-07-17T23:49:40.362+01:002011-07-17T23:49:40.362+01:00I love this poem Al! I know it as a longer version...I love this poem Al! I know it as a longer version that starts with:<br /><br />"We’ll begin with box, and the plural is boxes,<br />But the plural of ox should be oxen, not oxes.<br />Then one fowl is goose, but two are called geese,<br />Yet the plural of moose should never be meese.<br />You may find a lone mouse or a whole lot of mice,<br />But the plural of house is houses, not hice.<br />If the plural of man is always called men,<br />Why shouldn’t the plural of pan be pen?<br />The cow in the plural may be cows or kine,<br />But the plural of vow is vows, not vine.<br />And I speak of a foot, and you show me your feet,<br />But I give a boot… would a pair be beet?<br />If one is a tooth, and a whole set is teeth,<br />Why shouldn’t the plural of booth be beeth?<br />If the singular is this, and the plural is these,<br />Why shouldn’t the plural of kiss be kese?<br />Then one may be that, and three be those,<br />Yet the plural of hat would never be hose.<br />We speak of a brother, and also of brethren,<br />But though we say mother, we never say methren.<br />The masculine pronouns are he, his and him,<br />But imagine the feminine she, shis, and shim.<br />So our English, I think you will agree,<br />Is the trickiest language you ever did see."<br /><br /><br />Thanks for reminding me of it!Janehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04866728990345415730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2388717540545987605.post-62178205353983122482011-07-17T22:16:31.731+01:002011-07-17T22:16:31.731+01:00Thanks Folks - all good stuff!
Glad you enjoyed ...Thanks Folks - all good stuff! <br /><br />Glad you enjoyed it.<br /><br />......and as you can see Indigo - Yes, it did!Alistairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16667242161539996736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2388717540545987605.post-46464568820011137472011-07-17T19:25:19.475+01:002011-07-17T19:25:19.475+01:00Hmmm, did it save my comment or didn't it?... ...Hmmm, did it save my comment or didn't it?... Interesting...Indigo Rothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03957870121933442627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2388717540545987605.post-83711883760697413952011-07-17T19:21:40.861+01:002011-07-17T19:21:40.861+01:00Hey Alistair! I'm told English is an easy one ...Hey Alistair! I'm told English is an easy one to learn to speak, but a nightmare to spell. I believe you have proven the point. IndigoIndigo Rothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03957870121933442627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2388717540545987605.post-46035997296669238112011-07-17T18:32:48.230+01:002011-07-17T18:32:48.230+01:00Love our language! It inspires play. Hence Lewis C...Love our language! It inspires play. Hence Lewis Carroll. Hence Dr. Seuss etc.DB Stewarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15484034493143850659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2388717540545987605.post-53594381191888554002011-07-17T16:17:36.345+01:002011-07-17T16:17:36.345+01:00Funny and oh how true. Then when you start mixing ...Funny and oh how true. Then when you start mixing in accents..... oh dear. Is it really the same language (let us not even think about spelling)?<br />Have a great Sunday!<br />KatKat_RNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14008977319279272365noreply@blogger.com