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RE: [GWL]: Plural and poetry
Here is a similar poem, that uses the phrase:
"But the plural of house
Is houses, not hice."
http://www.wordsmith.org/awad/english3.html
This website claims the author is Lilo Jacobi.
http://www.dunley.freeserve.co.uk/gardun/Education/English%20is%20Easy.html
I'm a little confused about the poem you quote because
I thought the plural of fox was foxes.
Barb in Southern Indiana Zone 5/6 dorsettm@scin.quik.com
A garden is a friend you can visit any time.
> Now, can anyone come up with one of my favorite poems, which sounds
> like Ogden Nash, but I don't ever remember seeing attribution. It
> goes something like this:
>
> "If the plural of box is boxes, why isn't the plural of fox, foxes.
> If the plural of mouse is mice, why isn't the plural of house, hice.
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