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Tuesday, 19 September 2017

Speech Reflection

At our school we had a speech competition and I did my speech on why the English language is hard to learn. The reasons I found were that it is hard to remember what each word means if you're learning the English language and that there are quite a few words that are hard to say like pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis which is quite a mouthful. Also words that are said the same are confusing. I think I did okay but sadly I didn't get into the semifinals. In my speech I had a poem on google which is about plurals that I found on google. I enjoyed doing my speech and I hope you like this poem.
What would you do a speech on?


We’ll begin with box; the plural is boxes,
But the plural of ox is oxen, not oxes.
One fowl is a goose, and two are called geese,
Yet the plural of moose is never called meese.


You may find a lone mouse or a house full of mice;
But the plural of house is houses, not hice.
The plural of man is always men,
But the plural of pan is never pen.


If I speak of a foot and you show me two feet,
And I give you a book, would a pair be a beek?
If one is a tooth and a whole set are teeth,
Why shouldn’t two booths be called beeth?


If the singular’s this and the plural is these,
So the plural of kiss be ever called keese?


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;
Imagine the feminine…. She, shis and shim!


1 comment:

  1. Great poem, really highlights some of the difficulties of the English language

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