The True Craziness of The English 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 GUINEAPIG is neither from GUINEA nor it is

a PIG. And why is it that WRITERS WRITE,

but FINGERS don’t fing, 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 isn’t it that in the past PREACHERS

PRAUGHT? If a VEGETARIAN eat VEGETABLES, what does

a HUMANITARIAN eat?

In what other language do people RECITE at a PLAY and PLAYat a RECITAL? We SHIP BY TRUCK but SEND CARGO BY SHIP . We have NOSES that RUN and FEEL 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 a 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?
Here are just a few of the many crazy words that make up the English language.

Deliquescent

Adjective: Becoming liquid, or having a tendency to become liquid.

Flabbergast

Verb: Surprise someone greatly.

Flimflam

Noun: Nonsensical or insincere talk.

Floccinaucinihilipilification

Noun: The action or habit of estimating something as worthless.

Limerence

Noun: The state of being infatuated or obsessed with another person.

Loquacious

Adjective: Tending to talk a great deal; talkative.

Obdurate

Adjective: Stubbornly refusing to change one’s opinion or course of action.

Omnishambles

Noun: A situation that has been comprehensively mismanaged, characterized by a string of blunders and miscalculations.

Penumbra

Noun: The partially shaded outer region of the shadow cast by an opaque object.

Persiflage

Noun: Light and slightly contemptuous mockery or banter.

Perspicacious

Adjective: Having a ready insight into and understanding of things.

Quincunx

Noun: An arrangement of five objects with four at the corners of a square or rectangle and the fifth at its centre, used for the five on a dice or playing card.

Tintinnabulation

Noun: A ringing or tinkling sound.

Triskaidekaphobia

Noun: Extreme superstition regarding the number thirteen.

Velleity

Noun: A wish or inclination not strong enough to lead to action.

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