by April H.
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March 20, 2007

Crazy English Game

October 10, 2007 01:40 PM EDT (Updated: October 10, 2007 02:47 PM EDT)
views: 62 | rating: 9/10 (9 votes) | comments: 38

Let’s face it: English is a crazy language. There is no egg in eggplant or ham in hamburger, neither apple nor pine in pineapple

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. And why is it that writers write, but fingers don’t fing, grocers don’t groce, and hammers don’t ham?

If the plural of tooth is teeth, why isn’t the plural of booth beeth? One goose, 2 geese. So, one moose, 2 meese? One index, two indices? Is cheese the plural of choose?

Sp please come up with your own examples of crazy English!

 

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Comments: 38

Driving around in circles doesn't happen unless you are in a round about.
Heather C. Oct 10, 2007, 1:50pm EDT
Dining in a Diner having dinner.
Changing lanes in an intersection. Just where did those lane lines go?
Laptop, my dog or my computer?
Heather C. Oct 10, 2007, 1:51pm EDT
Go fish to catch a fish.
Sometimes "fashion sense" makes no sense at all.
"Surfing the internet" needs no surfboard.
Heather C. Oct 10, 2007, 1:52pm EDT
They gave her a hand with their hands. clapping or helping her?
Aloha - are you coming or going?
A corn dog isn't really made of corn, is it? *grin*
Heather C. Oct 10, 2007, 1:53pm EDT
The cook decided to cook.
"Cat got your tongue?" Ouch!
Heather C. Oct 10, 2007, 1:53pm EDT
corn oil - from corn
olive oil - from olives

baby oil - from ?
"Doodle" - now who thought up that word?
Just how slow is slow pitch baseball?
Heather C. Oct 10, 2007, 1:54pm EDT
I ate spam while I spammed someone on the computer?
Grape fruit is way too big to come from grapes!
What breeds do you see when it rains cats and dogs?
Heather C. Oct 10, 2007, 1:55pm EDT
donkey -wearing a key?
Barbara B. Oct 10, 2007, 1:55pm EDT
Splitting hairs/hares?
"An ear to ear grin" might hurt!
"Birthday suit" Yup, like we come out all dressed up for the dance! lol
CAT scan: is that domestic short hair, or maybe Siamese?
"That's the long and the short of it." What, can't make up your mind? lol
tomb= toom, comb=coom?
comb=coem, bomb=boem??
to, too, two
read or read
record, a file

record, to tape or replicate
oh, the comb, bomb, and tomb comes from Gallagher and George Carlin,,,hahaha!!!
Juan J Martinez Oct 10, 2007, 2:16pm EDT
LOL
Jodi G. Oct 10, 2007, 3:04pm EDT
they are all funny. Someone took the one I would have said!
Dan (Cowboy Up) V. Oct 10, 2007, 3:29pm EDT
which witch?
Dan (Cowboy Up) V. Oct 10, 2007, 4:10pm EDT
bridal & bridle..ride your horse to the wedding?
Dena Straughn Oct 13, 2007, 5:22am EDT
ketchup to what?
Cheryl R. Nov 8, 2007, 8:44pm EST
My mind is minding my business.

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