English Language

I got it from a FWD mail. Very good point, indeed.

> Let's face it: English is a strange 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, 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 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?
>
> Why is a person who plays the piano called a pianist,

> but a person who drives a race car not called a
> racist?
>
> Why is 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?
>
> If lawyers are disbarred and clergy-men 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 one
> 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?"