Why is Knife and Knee spelled with a K?
The English language is so goofy! Can you think of some?
by Rod P 23 Replies latest jw friends
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Narkissos
To the non-English speaker who has read a lot of English but had very little opportunity to speak or hear it, the disconnection between spelling and pronunciation is appalling.
Homographs like "wind" or "live" are just the tip of the iceberg.
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Rod P
Why do people recite at a play, but play at a recital?
Why do you ship by truck, but send cargo by ship?
Why do you comb through the anals of history, yet there is not one anal?
If teachers taught, why didn't preachers praught?
One kleenex. Two kleenecese (No...just kidding.)
If you have a bunch of odds and ends and you get rid of them all except one, what do you call it? (An odd, or an end?)
Why does a house burn up as it burns down?
How is it that you fill in a form by filling it out?
How do you run into someone?
Why does an alarm clock go off by going on?
Why does your watch start up when you wind it up, but your meeting stops when you wind it up?
We talk about an "unsung hereo". Ever met a "sung hero"?
Why can we make amends, but can't make one amend?
Did you know that English muffins weren't invented in England, and French fries weren't invented in France?
Rod P.
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Rod P
"Stewardesses" is the longest word typed on the keyboard with only the left hand.
The name of all the continents end with the same letter that they start with.
The word "lethologica" describes the state of not being able to remember the word you want.
"TYPEWRITER" is the longest word that can be made using the letters on only one row of the keyboard.
"BOOKKEEPER" is the only word in the English language that has 3 consecutive pairs of letters.
The sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" uses every letter of the alphabet.
China has more English speakers thant the United States.
No word in the English language rhymes with the words "MONTH" and "ORANGE"
The most common name in the world is Mohammed.
Why is the word "COLONEL" pronounced "Ker-nel" when there is no "R" in the word?
Rod P.