is english a logical language?

  • .............tak a look at the funny english language:

    No wonder the English language is so very difficult to learn.
    I sometimes wonder how they manage to communicate at all!

    We'll begin with a box and the plural is boxes.
    But the plural of ox should be oxen, not oxes.

    The one fowl is a goose but two are called geese,
    Yet the plural of moose should never be meese.

    You may found a lone mouse or a whole set of mice,
    Yet the plural of house is houses not hice.

    If the plural of man is always called men,
    Why shouldn't the plural of pan be called pen?

    If I speak of a foot and you show me your feet,
    And I give you a boot, would a pair be called beet?

    If one is a tooth and a whole set are teeth,
    Why should not the plural of booth be called beeth?

    Then one may be that and three would be those,
    Yet hat in the plural wouldn't be hose.
    And the plural of cat is cats and not cose.

    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,

    So English, I fancy you will all agree,
    Is the funniest language you ever did see.

    :D :D :D

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    is english a logical language?

    NO!!! Not for me ... zur Zeit noch. Hoffe das ändert sich bald... =)

  • No, not logical.

    just like the words through, thorough, cough, rough, plough, bough: They are all pronounced differently.

    cheers

    Hans

  • Hallo Hans, an Deinen Beiträgen merkt man sofort, wie viele oder wie wenige Pillen Du gerade geschluckt hast.
    Weiter so!! =) =) :D
    VG Dieter

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    Original von AussieHans
    No, not logical.

    just like the words through, thorough, cough, rough, plough, bough: They are all pronounced differently.

    cheers

    Hans

    "Nasty little things" hat meine Englischlehrerin dazu immer gesagt. Ihr Deutsch (nur einmal gehört) war übrigens eine mittlere Katastrophe, weil sie´s nie richtig gelernt hat! Also Kopf hoch, denn wer Deutsch lernen kann, der kann auch Englisch lernen. Und niemals von denjenigen entmutigen lassen, die behaupten, dass Kinder viel besser lernen. Die Universität von Cambridge bezeichnet mich als "educated native speaker", obwohl ich erst im hohen Alter von (...) Jahren richtig damit angefangen habe. Und was ich kann, das kann ein Wahl-Aussie schon lange!

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