I HAVE MANY QUESTIONS # 6

 

I have many questions

And no answer in the records

Such as, why isn't palindrome

Spelt the same way backwards?

I HAVE MANY QUESTIONS # 3

 

I have many questions

That are not my bailiwick

Why isn’t there a shorter

Word for monosyllabic

I HAVE MANY QUESTIONS # 2

 

I have many questions

That are not my bailiwick

Why is it so hard to recall

How to spell mnemonic?

SYNONYM DESCRIBES A WORD

 

Synonym describes a word

That you chose to use

When you can’t spell

The word you wanted to use

I'M RUBBISH WITH NAMES

 

I'm rubbish with names

I can’t help it a bit

It’s a proper condition

There's a name for it...

VOCAB

 

It’s important to have a good and robust

Vocabulary, varied and diverse

And I have learned to my cost

Had I known the difference between

The words antidote and anecdote,

Several lives wouldn’t have been lost

CWTCH

 

There is a general misunderstanding

That a cuddle is the same everywhere

Well allow me to clear up the muddle

Anyone can indeed hug, that’s true

But only the Welsh can cwtch, and

They’re so much better than a cuddle

SCHADENFREUDE

 

Schadenfreude is the great pleasure derived

By someone, from another person's misfortune

It’s ironic that the Germans have a word to express

My pleasure at them being knocked out so soon

GLOB IS AN ACRONYM

 

GLOB is an acronym

Which may sound absurd

But not when you have found

A Good Looking Old Bird

LIFE IS A FOUR LETTER WORD

 

Life is short, a four letter word

It’s quite absurd, and here’s why

It’s because half of it is just an 'if

And three quarters of it is a 'lie'

WHEN WE SPEAK OF A BROTHER

 

When we speak of a brother

We can also speak of brethren,

But although we say Mother,

I have never heard said, Methren

IF THE SINGULAR IS THIS

 

If the singular is this

And the plural is these,

Why isn’t the plural of kiss

Ever referred to as kese?

SO IF IT IS CORRECT THAT ONE # 2

 

So, if it is correct that

One may be “that”

And multiples would be those

Yet the singular cat

Would in the plural

Be cats and never cose

SO IF IT IS CORRECT THAT ONE # 1

 

So if it is correct that

One may be “that”

And multiples would be those

Yet the singular hat

Would in the plural

Be hats and never hose

THE PLURAL OF TOOTH

 

So, if it is correct that

The plural of tooth is teeth

Then why isn’t the plural

Of booth, beeth

THE PLURAL OF FOOT

 

So if it is correct that

The plural of foot is feet

Then why is the plural of boot,

Boots and not beet

THE PLURAL OF MAN

 

So, if it is correct that

The plural of man is men

Then why is the plural of pan,

Pans and not pen

THE PLURAL OF GOOSE

 

So, if it is correct that

The plural of goose is geese

Then why isn’t the plural

Of moose, meese

THE PLURAL OF MOUSE

 

So, if it is correct that

The plural of mouse is mice

Then why is the plural of house

Houses and not hice

IF CLERGYMEN CAN BE DEFROCKED # 2

 

If clergymen can be defrocked

Then can dry cleaners get de-pressed

Or must songwriters be de-composed

And hair stylists get dis-tressed?