The Quirks of English

Found this interesting thing & thought I'd share with you:)

Let's face it, English is a stupid 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.

And 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 a 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?

How can the weather be as hot as hell on one day

And as cold as hell on another?

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!

That is why,

When the stars are out, they are visible

But when the lights are out, they are invisible

And it's why when I wind up my watch,

It starts.

But when I wind up this poem,

It ends.

Credits to whoever wrote it.

It made me smile(: