English is a crazy language.There's no egg in eggplant nor ham in hamburger;neither apple nor pine in pineapple.English muffins weren't invented in England or french fries in France.Sweetmeats are tofees while sweetbreads,which aren't sweet are meat.
We take english for granted but if we explore its paradoxes,we fing that quicksand can work slowly
boxing rings are square
and a guinea pig is neither from Guinea or a pig.
if the plural of tooth is teeth,y isnt the plural of booth beeth?
one goose,two geese.so one mouse two meese?
one index,two indices?
English was invented by people, not computers,and it reflects the creativity of the human race(which,of course isn't a race at all)!
2007-06-30
03:43:12
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