English is a stupid language.

Lets 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.
And while no one knows what is in a hot dog,
you can be pretty sure it isn't canine.
English muffins were not invented in England;
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.
Sweetmeats are candies, while sweetbreads,
which aren't sweet, are meat.

If writers write, how come fingers don't fing.
If the plural of tooth is teeth,
One goose, two geese.
So one moose, two meese?
Is cheese the plural of choose?
One mouse, two mice; one louse, two lice,
One house, two hice?
Shouldn't the plural of phone booth be phone beeth
If the teacher taught, why didn't the preacher praught,
Or the grocer groce, or hammers ham?

If a vegetarian eats vegetables,
What the heck does a humanitarian eat!?
Why do people recite at a play,
Yet play at a recital?
Park on driveways and drive on parkways?
Ship by truck, and send cargo by ship...?
Have feet that smell and noses than run?
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!
How can a slim chance and a fat chance be the same,
while a wise man and a wise guy are opposites?

English was invented by people, not computers
And it reflects the creativity of the human race
(Which of course isn't a race at all)
That is why
You get in and out of a car, and on and off a bus.
When the stars are out they are visible
But when the lights are out they are invisible.
And why it is that when I wind up my watch
It starts,
But when I wind up this poem,
It ends.

With love,

wah bner2 hebat bang lee...bru skarang sadar english tu dudul..pantes ga laku d indonesia..ckakak..

Bru tau lee dah pinter englisnya.Hehe

tau nh sai..ngerti english ga sh...

<<<<< udah nyadar dari dulu kalo bhs inggris itu dudul n gak konsisten... gmn mau maju kalo gak konsisten wkwkwkkw :shock:

Wuih hebat ru pada nyadar
Lha wong ane masih blum nyadar :P

gludakkk..
jd pengen bwt nik guineapig ma paradoxes

rizky89 wrote:tau nh sai..ngerti english ga sh...

:siul:

Lee wrote:Wuih hebat ru pada nyadar
Lha wong ane masih blum nyadar :P

wah ini nh,paling hebat...yg ngepost na aja blm nyadar apa yg d tulih

Tulih apaan ky :mikir: bhasa bjm y :P ane g ngerti ni :??:

d tulis lee...anjrit,jari gw kpeleset th..

@ai..... walo se stupid apapun.. ini bahasa yag sedang kita geluti lho.... ayo kita pertahankan......dan jelaskan secara morphological proses wwkwkwkkw

hu um...sok linguistic bngt.... padahal gak suka banget ma makul linguistic.....

kita hanya berdua ai....kemajuan kita adalah kemajuan bersama hahahaha

Linguistic upu y :??:

:ngakak:

ga ngerti blas...mklum ga kul d bhasa n pas sma jur na bkan bhasa ....

Lha truz penjelasane dekyl itu bs d pertanggungjawabkan g :mikir: :??: