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.
Adjective: Becoming liquid, or having a tendency to become liquid.
Verb: Surprise someone greatly.
Noun: Nonsensical or insincere talk.
Noun: The action or habit of estimating something as worthless.
Noun: The state of being infatuated or obsessed with another person.
Adjective: Tending to talk a great deal; talkative.
Adjective: Stubbornly refusing to change one’s opinion or course of action.
Noun: A situation that has been comprehensively mismanaged, characterized by a string of blunders and miscalculations.
Noun: The partially shaded outer region of the shadow cast by an opaque object.
Noun: Light and slightly contemptuous mockery or banter.
Adjective: Having a ready insight into and understanding of things.
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.
Noun: A ringing or tinkling sound.
Noun: Extreme superstition regarding the number thirteen.
Noun: A wish or inclination not strong enough to lead to action.
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