TodFitch Posted December 8, 2011 Report Posted December 8, 2011 To and two are fore. Shouldn't that be "To and too are fore" ? I love it. I've had a copy of this little poem around for a long time. . . . Then the masculine pronouns are he, his, and him, but imagine the feminine she, shis, and shim. . . . I think I know where that one came from. In Old English "hē" basically the same as our modern "he". But the female equivalent was "hēo" (/heːo/) which works into "hers". From Wikipedia: hēo f. (accusative hīe, genitive hiere, dative hiere) 1. she The Scandinavian word that turned into "she" was adopted and replaced "hēo" when a lot of England was under Danelaw. English is a wonderful language once you get the hung of it. Quote
Don Jordan Posted December 9, 2011 Report Posted December 9, 2011 It's funny but some of these things in English actually have a name. Palindrome: Mr Owl ate my metal worm. Naomi, sex at noon taxes, I moan. Go hang a salami I'm a lasagna hog. The famous one is Race Car. And I don't know if it has a name but: The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dogs. has every letter in the alphabet. While I'm here I'd like to show you the power of punctuation: Woman without her man is nothing. With 2 commas I can change the meaning of the sentence. Woman, without her, man is nothing. And we haven't even started on idioms yet. Quote
Oldguy48 Posted December 9, 2011 Report Posted December 9, 2011 Had to look up the definition of Palindrome for that one. I was really confused until I did. Now I understand. Quote
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.