English is a Crazy Language
[2023-01-06 12:58:33]
The article by Richard Lederer is very famous. Here is a sample, but you can read the full version of English on his web site.
Let's face the reality - English is crazy. Eggplants do not have eggs, hamburgers have no ham; pineapple is not an apple or pine. In England muffins are not invented and French fries are not invented. Sweets are sweets, sweet candy is not meat
We think English is of course a problem, but if we explore the paradox, the sand and sand works slowly, the circle of boxing is square and the guinea pig is not from the pig from the guinea pig.
The writer writes, but the finger can not write, the grocery people do not get jealous, why is the hammer not humming? If multiple teeth are teeth, why are not there multiple teeth? One goose, two goose. So, Moose, two cats ... 1 shirt, 200 clothes?
Can you compensate for it instead of correction, you classify history, but do not classify the times? If there are lots of things except one of them, what do you call it?
If the teacher taught why the missionary did not say that. When vegetarians eat vegetables, what do humanitarians eat? If you write a letter, maybe your tongue?
Sometimes I think that all English speaking people should try to prevent language madness. Which languages do people read and read in concerts in the drama? Are you transported by truck and shipped by ship? My nose is running, does your foot smell? Parking on the driveway and running on the road?
How are the "stupid opportunities" and "stupid opportunities" the same, are the "wise men" and "wise men" opposite? The way to ignore and supervise is the opposite, and are "pretty" and "pretty" similar? The other day, it became as hot as the weather, why does it become "cool like hell"?
Did you notice that we are only talking about specific things when they are not there? Have you seen a carriage or robe? Have you ever met a hero sung? Have you ever met an awkward, awkward, attractive combination of people? Where is the spring chicken or who actually hurts the flies?
You must be surprised by the unique spirit of the language, your house will burn as it is burned, you can fill in the form by filling in the form, and can follow
English was invented by a person, not by a computer, which reflects human creativity (of course, this is not at all a competition). This is the reason why you can not see them when the light goes out, while they are visible when the stars appear. Why do I start when I finish watching, but why did I end when I finished reading this article?
Still, the time has come to face the fact that English is a crazy language - the most mad, the most embarrassing, embarrassing, and the embarrassing language of all languages. In crazy English, chicken of blackbirds is brown, blackboard is green or blue, blackberry is green, then red before ripe. Blackberry is really black, but what is blueberry, blueberry, cranberry, elderberry, cranberry, raspberry, gooseberry? In addition to this insanity there is no buttermilk butter, eggplant egg, grapefruit grape, shortbread bread, insect wood or wood, mushroom mushroom, pineapple. There are no pine and apples, peas, nuts in peanuts, ham burger. (Actually, if someone invented a sandwich made with Ham Pai in bread, it would be difficult to find that name.)
Let's face the reality - English is crazy. There is no ham for hamburgers, eggs for eggplant, and apple and pine for pineapple. French fries are not invented in France, muffins are not invented in the UK. In addition, the flowing sand can work slowly, the boxing ring is square, and the guinea pig is not from the guinea pig, it is also not a pig! Well, before remembering the list of homographs to gain grammar pleasure remember that homologs with the same pronunciation are called "synonyms". Oh, we are here, please do not forget "homonyms". This means that two or more words share the same pronunciation, but they have different meanings and sometimes can not be spelled the sam