Did you find some inconsistencies in English language? Sounds funny, but it does!

1. What a crazy
English language…
Adapted from Richard Lederer
Graphic slides by MICHAEL M. MAGBANUA

2. There is no
egg in
eggplant!

3. …nor ham in
hamburger!

4. …neither pine or apple in
pineapple!

5. …English muffins
were not invented
in England.

6. …nor frenchfries
in France.

7. … while
sweetbreads which
are not breads nor
sweets are meats
… sweetmeats
are candies

8. … quicksand can
work slowly

9. … a boxing ring is not
a ring!

10. A guinea pig is not a
pig nor from Guinea !

11. Why do we say–
”Writers write”?
But fingers don’t
fing? 

12. Grocers don’t
groce? 
Hammers don’t
ham? 

13. If the plural of
tooth is “teeth”… :
Why can’t it
be “beeth” for
booth? 

14. one
goose...
two
geese!

15. one
moose...
two
meese???

16. one
index…
two
indices!

17. Is cheese the plural
of choose?

18. one mouse…
two mice!
but why can’t for one
house, two hice???

19. Why can’t
preachers
praught?

If
teachers
teach…

20. If vegetarians eat vegetables,
what does a humanitarian eat? 

21. and play
in a
recital…
recite in
a play…

22. Ship cargo by trucks…

23. but send
cargo by
ship!

24. have
but feet noses that
that smell! run…

25. Park on driveways…

26. and then drive on parkways…

27. When the house burns up, it
burns down! 

28. You fill-in a form by filling it
out! 

29. When the stars are out, they are
visible, but when the lights are out ,
they are invisible!

30. It’s a crazy…
The Crazy
Adapted from Richard Lederer.
Graphic slides by MICHAEL M. MAGBANUA