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The
English Language
In
celebration of the complexities of the English language, we bring you the
following: Lets face it English is a stupid 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 why don't humanitarians eat human!? Why do people
recite at a play yet play at a recital? Park on driveways and drive on parkways?
How can the weather be as hot as hell on one day and as cold as hell on another?
You have to marvel at the unique lunacy of a language:- whereby a house can burn
up as it burns down. You fill in a form by filling it out. A bell is only heard
once it goes!
English was invented by people, not
computers and it reflects the creativity of the human race (Which of course
isn't a race at all)
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