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English is a crazy language. There is no EGG in EGGPLANT nor


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 FIGGROCERS 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?
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15 Comments

melodic_shizz 1 decade ago
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omg, in class, my teacher made us read that poem!
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lilmisslittle 1 decade ago
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true that yo
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*한숨** 1 decade ago
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Oh and only Americans say Eggplant... In England its Aubergine I think xD
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*한숨** 1 decade ago
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Guinea pigs costed a Guinea (20 shillings, a shilling was 5 pence), and to the uneducated traders mind back then, they looked like small pigs. Hence the name.
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MegaFunsize101 1 decade ago
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this is crazy!
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Emmi89 1 decade ago
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Jocked
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chocolate_monsterx3 1 decade ago
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i put not mine on the bottom, thank you very much.
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Nivedhaxoxo 1 decade ago
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OXJennyXO123 1 decade ago
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English is not the hardest. Its not hard at all. U havent try to learn albanian yet
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Nivedhaxoxo 1 decade ago
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chocolate_monsterx3 1 decade ago
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i'm sorry was it because of the formatting?
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pastelvelvet 1 decade ago
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Mind = f/ck. Like, wut. I can't even. WHAT?!
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olives 1 decade ago
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Mind=blown!
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LoveTheLies 1 decade ago
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haha i heard this at my freinds house the other day...
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posted November 24, 2012 at 8:58pm UTC tagged with funny

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