Why English?

WHY ENGLISH IS SO HARD?

We'll begin with a bock and the plural is boxes,
But the plural of ox becomes 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 one mouse or a nest fill of mice,
Yet the plural of house is houses, not nice.

If the plural of man is always called men,
Why shouldn't the plural of pan be called pen?
If i speak of my foot and show you my feet,
And I give you a boot, but a pair be called beet?
If one is a tooth and a whole set is called 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 code.
We speak of a brother and also of brethren,
But though we say mother, we never say methane.
Then the masculine pronouns are he, his and him,
But imagine the feminine: she, shis and shim!


// I found this on 9gag the other day and just thought that i'd share it with all of you. As i read the line of the post, I was reading it (in my head) as if it was a rhythmic song. Like a poem with a fluctuated intonation if that makes sense. I don't really know a better was of describing it though but once you've read it, you might have a rough idea of what i mean by a fluctuating intonation.

SJY