Laughing About Grammar

There are many articles that discuss how awkward English grammar can be, for example why one goose becomes several geese but one moose does not become several meese (correct: several moose). And as mentioned in class, it has most often to do with what language English originally borrowed these words from. The words in English often mirror in some way the rules of the original language it came from when forming plurals. I'll find a good article I have on this and we will read it in class.

Until then, I just wanted to make sure we can all laugh about grammar, especially since I started teaching my grammar class today. One of my favorite video clips for this is from The Simpsons where Lisa's grammar robot (a robot that corrects people's speech) encounters the city's local mobsters, who have a particularly UNgrammatical way of speaking. Watch it at youtube by clicking on the following link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZsqHBlWIa0Y
...and even though the sound quality is not good, the script is below: 

[Marge throws robot from Lisa's backpack.]
[Robot yells and lands in front of mobsters, Bart, and Milhouse]

Mobster1:  Hey! They's throwin' robots!
Robot:  They ARE throwing robots.
Mobster2:  He's disrespecting us. Shut-uppa yo' face!
Robot: Shut-up YOUR face.
Mobster2: What's a matter, you?
Mobster1: You ain't so big.
Mobster2: Me and him are gonna whack you in the labonza! [labonza = Italian slang for belly or gut]
Robot:  Bad...bad grammar overload. Error. Error!

[The robot explodes.]

Ha ha ha ha ha... :)