There is no egg in eggplant nor ham in hamburger; neither apple nor pine in pineapple. English muffins were not invented in England or French fries in France. Sweetmeats are candies, while sweetbreads, which aren't sweet, are meat
quicksand can work slowly, boxing rings are square, and a guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig.
If the plural of tooth is teeth, why isn't the plural of booth beeth? One goose, 2 geese. So, one moose, 2 meese? One index, two indices? Is cheese the plural of choose?
If teachers taught, why didn't preachers praught? If a vegetarian eats vegetables, what does a humanitarian eat?
Ship by truck, and send cargo by ship? Have noses that run and feet that smell?
How How can a slim chance and a fat chance be the same, while a wise man and a wise guy are opposites? How can the weather be hot as hell one day and cold as hell another?
When a house burns up, it burns down.
You fill in a form by filling it out, and an alarm clock goes off by going on.
2007-02-05 09:59:52 · 23 answers · asked by ♥gigi♥ 7 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Jokes & Riddles
Hmm. I'll try not to tell you to suck eggs, but at least we English are proud to be crazy (re: Monty Python, etc, etc). Also, for added effect, try 'Spoonerisms', or the collected works of Professor (no relation) Magnus Pike! (CD: Rotaty Diskers).
2007-02-05 10:38:31 · answer #1 · answered by Da Professori 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hamburgers come from the city of Hamburg (in Germany).
Pineapples look like pine cones on steroids...
French Fries are American - not English so don't even get me started on that one...
Shipping doesn't have to involve a ship - it's a term for moving things around.
What else would you call snot dribbling from a nose - it's running out?
Humanitarian isn't a description of someones eating habits, so asking what they eat is irrelevant.
You fill in a form by filling in the blanks, you fill out a form by embellishing it with information.
When a house burns down, the fire has burnt up the consumables and it is no longer of supporting itself and falls down.
I've never been as cold as hell - that would be silly!
An alarm clock goes off by coming on, not going on.
Oh, and before slagging off English - what kind of question is 'English is really crazy'. That sounds like a statement to me, perhaps you should've gone for 'Is English really crazy?'
Rant over, carry on.......
2007-02-05 10:11:34 · answer #2 · answered by mark 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
What the hell is a sweetmeat?
How are sweetbreads, meat?
I've never said cold as hell, that just wouldn't make any sense.
Houses burn, and fall down...they burn down.
And they're freedom fries, not french fries...just ask congress.
2007-02-05 10:03:58 · answer #3 · answered by Sgt. Pepper 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I like, 7/10.
2007-02-05 18:55:28 · answer #4 · answered by Gsplan 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes the English language is confusing *Stars*
2016-05-24 19:32:40 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
go to the top of the class gigi that one gets a star 10/10
2007-02-05 19:56:08 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
What about the fact that flammable and inflammable mean the same and cleave can mean the opposite of itself?
2007-02-06 00:41:49 · answer #7 · answered by claude 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
lol i loved those! i especially likes the nose and feet one!! i never notices that acually, but u gotta admit, feet do smell;)
2007-02-05 10:05:53 · answer #8 · answered by tz 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it makes you think doesn't it but one point I have had hamburgers that were made from ham and not beef
2007-02-05 10:05:35 · answer #9 · answered by barn owl 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think someone has to much time on they hands...
just relax and keep taking the tablets..
stop letting your mind run away..
2007-02-05 10:46:15 · answer #10 · answered by bellyman 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋