Something worth reading and think about. Did u ever
think about it?? Lets face it: English is a stupid language.

There is no egg in the eggplant, no ham in the hamburger
and neither pine or apple in the pineapple. 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.

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. 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).

That is why when the stars are out they are visible, but
when the lights are out they are invisible.

And why it is that when I wind up my watch it starts but
when I wind up this story it ends?

And some more food for "Thought". Do infants enjoy
infancy as much as adults enjoy adultery? If love is
blind, why is lingerie so popular?

Why is the man who invests all your money called a
broker? Why is a person who plays the piano called a
pianist, but a person who drives a race car not called a
racist? Why are a wise man and a wise guy opposites?
Why do overlook and oversee mean opposite things?

If horrific means to make horrible, does terrific mean to
make terrible? Why isn't 11 pronounced onety one?

If lawyers are disbarred and clergymen defrocked, doesn't
it follow that electricians can be delighted, musicians
denoted, cowboys deranged, models deposed, tree
surgeons debarked and dry cleaners depressed?

Why is it that if someone tells you that there are 1 billion
stars in the universe you will believe them, but if they tell
you a wall has wet paint you will have to touch it to be
sure?

If you take an Oriental person and spin him around
several times, does he become disoriented?

If people from Poland are called "Poles", why aren't
people from Holland called "Holes?" And shouldn't the
offspring of Hungarian Polish parents be a Hungry Pole??