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| Friday, September 02, 2005 |
| English is a weird language.. |
There is no egg in the eggplant;
No ham in the hamburger.
And neither pine nor apple in the
pineapple.
And while no one knows what is it in a hot
dog,
you can be pretty sure it isnt canine.
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.
Sweetmeats are candies, while
sweetbreads,
which arent sweet, are meat.
If writers write, how come fingers dont fing.
If the plural of tooth is teeth,
One goose, two geese.
So one moose, two meese ?
Is cheese the plural of choose ?
And shouldnt the plural of phone booth be
phone beeth ?
One mouse, two mice; one louse, two lice,
One house, two hice ?
If the teacher taught, why didnt the
preacher
praught,
Or the grocer groce, or hammers ham ?
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 ?
Ship by truck, and send cargo by ship ?
Have feet that smell and noses that run ?
How can the weather be as hot as hell on
one day
And as cold as heaven on another ?
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!
How can a slim chance and a fat chance
be the same,
while a wise man and a wise guy are
opposites ?
English was invented by people, not
computers.
And it reflects the creativity of the human
race.
( Which of course isnt a race at all )
That is why you get in and out of a car,
and on and off a bus.
When the stars are out they are visible.
But when the lights are out they are
invisible.
And why is it that when I wind up my
watch it
starts,
But when I wind up this poem,
it ends.
So, isnt English a weird language ? |
posted by Lawrence Yash Lee @ Friday, September 02, 2005   |
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