Why[ai] Eng[ing]lish is crazy and not ph[f]onetic!
Let's face it - English is a crazy language. There is no egg in eggplant, nor ham in hamburger; neither apple nor pine in pineapple. English muffins weren't invented in England nor French fries in France. Sweetmeats are candies while sweetbreads, which aren't sweet at all, are meat.We take English for granted. But if we explore its paradoxes,
we find that:
- quicksand can work slowly,
- boxing rings are square and
- a guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig,
- writers write but fingers don't fing, and
- grocers don't groce and hammers don't ham?
If the plural of tooth is teeth, why isn't the plural of booth, beeth?
GO FIGURE?!!!
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4 comments:
Suzanne,
I looking for the hidden message on your e-mail but, I didn't find..sorry....
So you lookED for the hidden message IN my last email but didn't find it!
Well look again and observe the contractions!
See'ya tomorrow!
What does that mean "go figure"?
I found the site where you took your text...
here is an example: There was a row among the oarsmen about how to row.
In French, we use the word "paradox" to explain the contradiction between dietary habits and health.
Go figure!
is an expression that means:
Try to FIGURE OUT what is the meaning of something. Make the link between or try to understant the message.
a paradox: not logigal or contrary
a little bit like an oxymoron.
Here it means the same word BUT two different meanings.
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