2006-08-15 16:12:07 · 8 answers · asked by IDNTGIVASHT 6 in Business & Finance ➔ Renting & Real Estate
Because English is a strange language. =]
Where's the egg in eggplant? Or the ham in hamburger? Guinea pigs aren't from Guinea and they aren't pigs.
2006-08-15 16:24:09 · answer #1 · answered by abcdefg 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it's in the apple family and was once named something else in latin hundreds of years ago. Im a botany major (study of plants and fruits)
2006-08-15 16:17:34 · answer #2 · answered by atimms 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
One of the basic premises of semiotics is that there is no direct relationship between the signifier and the signified.
There's no direct relationship between a word and what it represents.
2006-08-15 16:19:17 · answer #3 · answered by Good Times, Happy Times... 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
why do we drive on a parkway and park in a driveway?
2006-08-15 18:32:48 · answer #4 · answered by snail 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why is a pear called a pear.. there's only one.
Yeah, sorry I don't know.
2006-08-15 16:17:54 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
whats in a name ???
2006-08-15 21:08:30 · answer #6 · answered by Rohit L 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why is someone called freak-a-leak?
2006-08-15 16:18:34 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
^^ good ones hehe
2006-08-15 17:41:17 · answer #8 · answered by digiteerx 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋