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> > > The English 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.
> > >
> > > If love is blind, why is lingerie so popular? Why is the man who
invests
> > > all your
> > > money called a broker? Why is a person who plays the piano called a
> > > pianist, but a person who drives a race car not called a racist?
> > >
> > >
> > > If horrific means to make horrible, does Terrific mean to make
terrible?
> > > Why isn't 11 pronounced onety one? If lawyers are disbarred and
> >clergymen
> > > defrocked, doesn't it follow that electricians can be delighted,
> >musicians
> > > denoted, cowboys deranged, models
> > > deposed, tree surgeons debarked and dry cleaners depressed? Why is it
> >that
> > >
> > > if someone tells you that there are 1 billion stars in the universe
you
> > > will believe them, but if they tell you a wall has wet paint you will
> >have
> > >
> > > to touch it to be sure? If you take an Oriental person and spin him
> >around
> > >
> > > several times, does he become disoriented? If people from Poland are
> > > called
> > > "Poles," why aren't people from Holland called "Holes?"
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