For spelling is easy, although
We may not always knough
How to spell sough.
The attempt to form the past tense of verbs by analogy produces this amusing result from the pen of H. C. Dodge.
The teacher a lesson he taught;
The preacher a lesson he praught;
The stealer, he stole;
The healer, he hole;
And the screecher, he awfully scraught.
The long-winded speaker, he spoke;