oh no not to Hindi or chinese, but to Turkish English Language
There is no egg in eggplant, nor ham in hamburger; neither apple in
pineapple. And while no one knows what is in a hotdog, you can be pretty
sure it isn't canine.
English muffins were not invented in England nor French fries in France.
Sweetmeats are candies, while sweetbreads, which aren't sweet, 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 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, two meese?
Is cheese the plural of choose? One mouse, 2 mice. One louse, 2 lice. One
house, 2 hice?
If teachers taught, why didn't preachers praught?
If a vegetarian eats vegetables, what does a humanitarian eat?
Why do people recite at a play, and play at a recital?
Ship by truck or car and send cargo by ship? Have noses that run and feet
that smell? Park on driveways and drive on parkways?
How can a slim chance and a fat chance be the same, while a wise man and a
wise guy are opposites?
How can the weather be hot as heck one day and cold as heck another?
When a house burns up, it burns down.
You fill in a form by filling it out and an alarm clock goes off by going
on. You get in and out of a car, yet you get on and off a bus. When the
stars are out, they are visible, but when the lights are out, they are
invisible.
And why, when I wind up my watch, I start it, but when I wind up this essay,
I end it?
English is a silly language ... it doesn't know if it is coming or going!!!
