allthingslinguistic:

Linguistics takes on the Hallelujah meme 

This is a wug, a novel word.
It’s new to you (it’s not a bird)
You don’t already know its plural, do ya?
And now you see another one.
There are two of them, two that come.
Two ___ you say, such grammar, hallelujah!

Kids’ rules are strong but we needed proof,
So Berko showed us all the truth;
The beauty of her work sends shivers through you.
The task she gave them wasn’t hard:
She showed them pictures drawn on cards
And from their lips drew plurals, hallelujah!