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The English Language. Have you ever wondered why foreigners have trouble with the English Language?. Let's face it. English is a crazy language. There is no egg in the eggplant, no ham in 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 does a humanitarian eat? We park on driveways and drive on parkways. You have to marvel at the unique lunacy of a language where: When I wind up my watch, it starts but when I wind up this observation, it ends. |
