OUR CURIOUS LANGUAGE

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Oct 2, 1893

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 19, No. 47.

OUR CURIOUS LANGUAGE.

REMEMBER, though box in the plural makes boxes, The plural of ox should be oxen, not oxes; And remember, though fleece in the plural is fleeces, That the plural of goose isn't gooses nor geeses; And remember, though house in the plural is houses, That the plural of mouse should be mice, not mouses; Mouse, it is true, in the plural is mice, But the plural of house should be houses, not hice; And foot, it is true, in the plural is feet, But the plural of root should be roots, and not reet. —Selected.