Re: So..you think English is easy??
- From: Doug Jones <emailunknown@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2007 18:39:07 GMT
On Tue, 12 Jun 2007 08:24:25 -0500, Jeannie
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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. English
muffins weren't invented in England or 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.
I saw a great quote about English in a book by Diane Duane: "English
doesn't so much borrow words and idioms from other languages, as it
chases them down dark alleys, clubs them into insensibility, and goes
through their pockets."
:-D
Doug Jones
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