English Man's English (Verb Controversy)A Poem by Seyi Ojenike
Every time I speak the english man's english
I must say, I always feel feverish He says it is ran And not runned Yet comes back saying gunned Forgetting it should be gan What is it with the english man's english, That it is so english? I am very sure he says grew As past tense for grow But never have I heard him say gew As past for go The english man's english is really Something else To understand I think I need Magic spells I sometimes think I know it already When he says shook For past tense of shake But I get back to square one When he says baked As past tense for bake Instead of book When he says fight He calls it's past fought But when he says bright He never says brought Puzzled about this English man's english With it's wide reach I sit to wonder What it is These schools teach? © 2013 Seyi Ojenike |
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Added on June 3, 2013 Last Updated on June 3, 2013 Author
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