Why is Charlie short for Charles if they are both the same number of letters? and more funny questions:?

Question

1.Why is it said that an alarm clock is going off when really its coming on?
2.Why do we say we're head over heels when we're happy? Isn't that the way we normally are?
3.Why do we sing "Rock a bye baby" to lull our little ones to sleep when the song is about putting your baby in a tree and letting the wind crash the cradle to the ground?
4.If you only have one eye...are you blinking or winking
5.Why is it called a "building" when it is already built?
6. What should one call a male ladybird?
7.In the song "Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini," which is yellow-the bikini or the polka dots?
8.Why do we say "heads up" when we actually duck?
9.If mars had earthquakes would they be called marsquakes?
10.Why is Charlie short for Charles if they are both the same number of letters?
11.Why is snow white and ice clear? Aren't they just different forms of water?
12.Why is bra singular and panties plural?
13.Why do we sing "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" when we are already there?
14.If the plural of tooth is "teeth," why isn't the plural of booth "beeth"?
15.Why are they called apartments, when they're all stuck together?
16.Why does your nose RUN and your feet SMELL?
17.If a word is misspelled in the dictionary, how would we ever know?
18.Shouldn't the opposite of shut up be shut down?

Answer 1

Let me give it a try on answering all the questions:

0. Charlie is easier to pronounce than Charles. Charie is not exactly endearing.
1. because it goes "off" from being silent.
2. Head over heels are normal? I don't think I know anyone like that.
3. Heck, the baby does not know the differences as long as you sing it softly. If you gently swear in front of a cat, it would think you are caressing it.
4. Only one eye, blinking or winking? Is this some cruel joke? Is the other eyeball gone so you only have an eye socket? Or the other eye is covered with a patch?
5. Heh, what can you say? It's easier to use building to come up with something like buildation or buildactiveness.
6. How about that male lady bug in Pixar's Bug's Life?
7. It's red polka dots with yellow as background.
8. Well, I would venture 'heads up' as something up above the heads. Duck can mean a duck as the animal.
9. Heh, never been to Mars. Don't know if there are quakes or not.
10. Didn't we do this at number 0?
11. Well, snow is white because light reflections and opaquity are interrupted by air & random alightment of water particles. It's similar difference between store bought ice cubes vs. home-made ice cubes, which has more air bubles.
12. I think I heard people use bras. You use panties because in the olden days the panties are more shorts like than triagular.
13. I think the song is originally broadcasted outside of the stadium as people go in. Now it's so well-established, it's now broadcasting inside the ballbark.
14. Teeth, Feet, radii. It's English grammer. The only rule that holds true in grammer is there is an expection to every rule.
15. To keep people 'apart' in one gigantic building.
16. How do you feel without touching? How do you say "I see" when you did not actually see it happen?
17. Get a different dictionary.
18. Why do we want to beat people "up"? Shouldn't we beat people "down" ?


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Answer 2

Its not short. Its just a nickname for. Not all nicknames are shorter then their origins. They are just more informal and fun to say. For example. Don = Donny John = Johnny Dave = Davey ApuMashalatapetalan = Apu Michael Bolton = Mike Joe = Joey = Joseph For Charlie and Charles its more informal vs formal. Say out loud the name .... Charles Davidson. ... now say Charlie Davidson. . ... or ... Charles D. and Charlie D.

Answer 3

You bring out the quirks in daily usage of the language.

Expressions get started...somewhere...and even though they don't make sense, people adopt them.

I truly feel I started this:

To shorten "Have a nice day", I began saying..."Have a nice one". Really didn't shorten anything.

And what about the answer people give:

"Not really". Real, imaginary, or what?

"Take a look"? Shouldn't it be "give a look"?

Again, irregularities in common communication.

It gets worse. Almost to the point of not understandable.

The internet is no help. When will LOL die out?

The word COOL never did.

Answer 4

And the toothbrush was invented in Manchester. If it had been invented anywhere else, it would be called a teethbrush.

Answer 5

These are funny because they make you wonder about the logical thoughts behind those who created them. Haven't heard some of these before. Thanks.

Answer 6

for some of the questions, i see idioms of speech is a foreign concept to you

for others, the questions are just idiotic, and others just are based on ignorance or a logical fallacy

number 11 is an example of the ignorance category. since there is a color difference, light obviously must interact differently. some basic knowledge of physics and chemistry would provide your answer.

Answer 7

my favorites are 3,7,16 and 17!!