There is 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 (surprise!).
Sweetmeats are candies while sweetbreads, which aren't sweet, are meat. Quicksand works slowly, boxing rings are square, and a guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig.
And why is it that writers write, but fingers don't fing, grocers don't groce and hammers don't ham?
If the plural of tooth is teeth, why isn't the plural of booth beeth? One goose two geese, so one moose, two meese? Doesn't it seem crazy, that you can make amends but not one amend. If you have a bunch of odds and ends and get rid of all but one of them, what do you call it? Is it an odd, or an end?
If teachers taught, why didn't preachers praught? If a vegetarian eats vegetables, what does a humanitarian eat? In what language do people recite at a play and play at a recital? Ship by truck and send cargo by ship?
Have noses that run and feet that smell? How can a slim chance and a fat chance be the same, while a wise man and a wise guy are opposites? You have to marvel at the unique lunacy of a language in which your house can burn up as it burns down, in which you fill in a form by filling it out, and in which, an alarm goes off by going on.
English was invented by people, not computers, and it reflects the creativity of the human race, which, of course, is not a race at all. That is why, when the stars are out, they are visible, but when the lights are out, they are invisible.
P.S. Why doesn't "Buick" rhyme with "quick"?
2006-10-02 13:06:02 · 12 answers · asked by blahhblahhhblahahh 4 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Jokes & Riddles
OK AND IM JUST GONNA SAY..
I DIDNT WRITE ALL THIS UP BY MYSELF, .. EVER HEARD OF COPY & PASTE....
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2006-10-02 13:37:31 · update #1
LOL. LOL. Yep, English is something else! LOL.
Have a great day! Thanks for the laughs.
2006-10-02 23:56:40 · answer #1 · answered by jfmm 7 · 8⤊ 2⤋
I will anwers the piggy one,
There are a few reason one is they the great apes and humans have to eat vitamin C if they or we do not get enough we and they get scurvy the other is based on amino acid sequences between guinea pigs, primates, I have listed the links below to some of these articles,
http://animal.discovery.com/fansites/jeffcorwin/carnival/lilmammal/guineapig.html
http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Cavia_porcellus.html
http://www.cavycompendium.com/forums/showthread.php?t=23326
2006-10-03 21:19:49 · answer #2 · answered by pinkpiggies336 4 · 8⤊ 2⤋
Well done dear but did you know about the lady who walked into a bar and asked for a Double Entendre .....and the barman gave her one!
Dorothy Mills (Mrs)
2006-10-02 20:18:23 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 8⤊ 2⤋
That's excellent.Give yourself 10 points for all that typing. It was fun reading. Best I've seen in ages.
2006-10-02 20:13:29 · answer #4 · answered by tea cup 5 · 9⤊ 3⤋
Because thats just the way things are.Can't explain it.Can't interfear.
2006-10-02 20:11:13 · answer #5 · answered by Warum liebst du mich? 2 · 8⤊ 2⤋
hhhhhmmm!!! maybe they left all the naming of things to the guys,that would explain a lot.
2006-10-02 20:18:01 · answer #6 · answered by ///\oo/\\\ 4 · 8⤊ 2⤋
Hi there! You made me think of many more of that stuff.... Have heart that beats.... Why we say a cell phone when it does not have any.... Why can't it be a "B" instead of a "Be" , "R" instead of "Are" and "U" instead of "You".... Hmm.... Hey! thanks for making my brains work ;)
God Bless ^__^
2006-10-02 21:11:09 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 8⤊ 2⤋
I know, we have a weird language!!!
2006-10-02 20:31:51 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 8⤊ 2⤋
I've got a question for you...
Do you have any friends?
Do you have time for friends?
Or are you too busy asking people stupid questions that no one can answer?
2006-10-02 20:20:16 · answer #9 · answered by Ask Tara 3 · 9⤊ 5⤋
haha terrific! u go girl!
2006-10-02 20:24:07 · answer #10 · answered by tanjeriney 5 · 8⤊ 2⤋