To which an exchange paper adds:—
And remember, though fleece
In the plural is fleeces,
That the plural of goose
Aren't gooses nor geeses.
We may also be permitted to add:—
And remember, though house
In the plural is houses,
The plural of mouse
Should be mice, and not mouses.
—Philadelphia Gazette.
All of which goes to prove
That grammar a farce is;
For where is the plural
Of rum and molasses?
—New York Gazette.
The plural—Gazette—
Of rum don't us trouble;
Take one glass too much
And you're sure to see double.
—Brooklyn Daily Advertiser.
A pair of blue eyes—
Just to vary the strain—
Says the plural of kiss
Is—"Do it again!"
—Howard County Sentinel.
Our English vernacular
Is rife in abuse:
"Unloose" is the same thing
As if you said loose!
—Montreal Pilot.
To these observations
We also might add
Much to prove that all grammar's
Deplorably bad;
But for Lennie and Murray
We have too much respect,
To say e'en a word
Having evil effect.
—Anon.