امير الحب والأحساس
عضو ذهبي
اللغة الانجليزية لغة مجنونة The crazy English
سخر بعض اهل اللغة الأنجليزية منها لغرابتها أحيانا من ناحية معانيها ومبانيها ومنهم شخص إسمه ريتشارد لديرار Richard Lederer الذى كتب شعراً يقول فيه
Let's face it: English is a crazy language
There is no egg in eggplant, nor ham in hamburger
neither apple nor pine 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 a 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
There is no egg in eggplant, nor ham in hamburger
neither apple nor pine 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 a 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, 2 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 Hell one day
and cold as Hell 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
why isn't the plural of booth, beeth
One goose, 2 geese. So, one moose, 2 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 Hell one day
and cold as Hell 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
