English is a crazy
language.
There is no EGG in
EGGPLANT nor HAM in
HAMBURGER; neither APPLE
nor PINE in Pineapple. ENGLISH
MUFFINS weren't invented in ENGLAND.
QUICKSAND can work 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 FIG, GROCERS
don't GROCE
and
HAMMERS
don't HAM? Doesn't it seem crazy that you
can make AMENDS
but not
one AMEND? If TEACHERS
TAUGHT, why didn't PREACHERS
PRAUGHT? If a VEGETARIAN
eats
VEGETABLES, what does a HUMANITARIAN
eat?
In what other
language do people RECITE
at a
PLAY
and
PLAY
at a
RECITAL? We SHIP BY
TRUCK but SEND CARGO BY
SHIP.
We have NOSES
that
RUN
and
FEET
that
SMELL. We PARK
in a
DRIVEWAY
and
DRIVE
in a
PARKWAY. And 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. And, in closing, if Father
is POP, how come Mother's not
MOP?
not mine- i saw it on tumblr and
thought it was soo funny and awesome i just had to make a
quote
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