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Have you ever wondered why?
The English Language
Have you ever wondered why foreigners have trouble with the English Language?
Let's face it
English is a stupid language.
There is no egg in the eggplant
No ham in the hamburger
And neither pine nor apple in the pineapple.
English muffins were not invented in England
French fries were not invented in France.
We sometimes take English for granted
But if we examine its paradoxes we find that
Quicksand takes you down slowly
Boxing rings are square
And a guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig.
If writers write, how come fingers don't fing.
If the plural of tooth is teeth
Shouldn't the plural of phone booth be phone beeth
If the teacher taught,
Why didn't the preacher praught.
If a vegetarian eats vegetables
What the heck does a humanitarian eat!?
Why do people recite at a play
Yet play at a recital?
Park on driveways and
Drive on parkways
You have to marvel at the unique lunacy
Of a language where a house can burn up as
It burns down
And in which you fill in a form
By filling it out
And a bell is only heard once it goes!
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)
That is why
When the stars are out they are visible
But when the lights are out they are invisible
And why it is that when I wind up my watch
It starts
But when I wind up this observation,
It ends.
Looking for help with Tagalog.....
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Re:Have you ever wondered why?
Wow. A bit much for me to think about at 07:00.
But....... :)
Over here in England we don't call them Eggplants they are called Aubergines.
Hamburgers are called beefburgers and the English muffin thing; well over here we just call them muffins :)
Later
Chris
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Re:Have you ever wondered why?
really witty!
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Re:Have you ever wondered why?
I really liked this Chrisanta. Some more things to think about - why is the plural of 'goose' geese, but of 'mongoose' mongooses? (we're still at it - rodent 'mice' but computer 'mouses'). Turkeys don't come from Turkey but from the Americas (at least English isn't the only confused one, some languages, including Turkish, think they come from India). And butterflies aren't flies (like most insects ending in -fly)and where on earth does the butter come from? And shouldn't 'inflammable' mean the opposite of 'flammable', what's the point of 2 words meaning the same? OK, I'm off and going to keep away from any 'humanitarians' now!
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