tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15663150.post2437367878875472213..comments2024-03-28T12:58:24.594-04:00Comments on Miss Cellania: EnglishMiss Cellaniahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16056319889765739429noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15663150.post-64390947793066453412021-02-25T19:09:41.226-05:002021-02-25T19:09:41.226-05:00Re “ oxen” plural....see this 2009 Guardian articl...Re “ oxen” plural....see this 2009 Guardian article about a 14th century dirge...particularly, in this rendering, the “hosen or shoen” verse...<br />“en” was a correct plural in English 7 centuries ago...treasure the remnants...<br />https://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2009/feb/16/lyke-wake-dirge-poem-week<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15663150.post-12104693554170941592021-02-16T00:56:18.144-05:002021-02-16T00:56:18.144-05:00If you think that was fun, you might appreciate &q...If you think that was fun, you might appreciate "The Awful German Language", an 1880 essay by Mark Twain. It was originally published as 'Appendix D' in "A Tramp Abroad", but can easily be found by Googling the title as well.<br /><br /><i><b>-"BB"-</b></i>Bicycle Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17050083414573635556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15663150.post-3824062248883190102021-02-15T13:59:23.565-05:002021-02-15T13:59:23.565-05:00"One fowl is a goose, but two are called gees..."One fowl is a goose, but two are called geese"<br /><br />Reminds me of the story of when Sam Goldwyn of MGM was ordering some animals for a movie, and was dictating a letter to a local zoo. He didn't know the plural for mongoose. "We need two mongoo.., um,... Start over. We need one mongoose. While you are at it send along another one."<br /><br />newtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17675154709724123320noreply@blogger.com