We’ll begin with box; the plural is boxes,
But the plural of ox is
oxen, not oxes.
One fowl is a goose, and
two are called geese,
Yet the plural of moose
is never called meese.
You may find a lone mouse
or a house full of mice;
But the plural of house
is houses, not hice.
The plural of man is always
men,
But the plural of pan is
never pen.
If I speak of a foot, and
you show me two feet,
And I give you a book,
would a pair be a beek?
If one is a tooth and a
whole set are teeth,
Why shouldn’t two booths
be called beeth?
If the singular’s this and
the plural is these,
Should the plural of kiss
be ever called keese?
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!