English is silly

• UncleFishballz

  1 Jul 07, 22:11

  Let's 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.
  And 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,
  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?
  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 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!
  
  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)
• hatemeifuwantto

  1 Jul 07, 22:15

  yea lor makes sense..
• sand king

  2 Jul 07, 08:12

  Originally posted by UncleFishballz:

  No ham in the hamburger.
  
  And French fries were not invented in France.
  

  ... because hamburger was invented in Hamburg.
  
  and French means cut.
• SGpork

  2 Jul 07, 08:22

  then chinese also lei?
  
  tai yang bing u bite..no sun inside.
  lao po bing u bite..no wife inside.
  
  so how?