Just to prove English is a silly language

[Simon M]

There is no egg in eggplant nor ham in hamburger,
neither apple nor pine in pineapple
English muffins were not invented in England
or French fries in France.
Sweetmeats are candies, while sweetbreads,
which aren't sweet, are meat
Quicksand can work slowly, boxing rings are square,
a guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig
Why is that writers write, but fingers don't fing,
grocer don't groce, 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?
One index, two indices?
Is cheese the plural of choose?
If teachers taught, why didn't preachers praught?
If a vegatarian eats vegetables, what does a humanitarian eat?
Ship by truck, 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 fat chance be the same,
while a wise man and a wise guy be opposites?
When a house burns up, it burns down
You fill in a form by filling it out
An alarm clock goes off by going on
When the stars are out, they are visible
but when the lights are out, they are invisible
When I wind up my watch, I start it
But when I wind up this essay, I end it

[Ramrod]

In Latvian, the word for getting up(from a chair or bed), roads and knees is the same

[iadom]

On a similar theme and as a mad keen cricket fan I rather like this.

The Rules of Cricket

You have two sides, one out in the field and one in

Each man that’s in goes out and when he’s out he comes in. The next man goes in until he’s out

When they are all out the side that’s out comes in and the side that’s been in goes out and tries to get those coming in out

Sometimes you get men who are still in and not out

When both sides have been in and out including the not outs

The Games is over.

[sherer]

i remember it was always an urban myth that those were the proper rules of cricket. Wasn't till i got a Roy Harper album of all things until i saw the official rules..