Why English Is So Hard

It was my birthday yesterday, so I'm going to be lazy and just post a great poem..."Why English is so hard" We'll begin with a box; the plural is boxes But the plural of ox is oxen, and not oxes Then, one fowl is goose, but two are called geese. Yet the plural of moose should never be meese. You may find a long mouse or a whole field of mice, Yet the plural of house is houses, not hice. If the plural of man is always men, Why shouldn't the plural of pan be pen? The cow in the plural may be cows or kine, But the plural of vow is vows, not vine. I speak of a foot, and you show me your feet, But 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? If the singular is this and the plural is these, Shouldn't the plural of kiss then be kese? Then, one should be that, three may be those But the plural of hat would never be hose. We speak of brother and also of brethren, But though we say mother, we never say metheren. The masculine pronouns are he, his and him, But, imagine the feminin she, shis and shim! So, our English, I think you all agree, Is the trickiest language you ever did see! -Anonymous