Friday, September 07, 2007

Isn't English strange?

Did you know that "verb" is a noun?

How can you look up words in a dictionary if you can't spell them?

If a word is misspelled in a dictionary, how would we ever know?

If two mouses are mice and two louses are lice, why aren't two houses hice?

If Webster wrote the first dictionary, where did he find the words?

If you wrote a letter, perhaps you bote your tongue?

If you've read a book, you can reread it. But wouldn't this also mean that you would have to "member" somebody in order to remember them?

Is it a coincidence that the only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is uncopyrightable?

Is there another word for a synonym?

What is another word for "thesaurus"?

Where do swear words come from?

Why do overlook and oversee mean opposite things?

Why do we say something is out of whack? What is a whack?

Why does "cleave" mean both split apart and stick together?

Why don't we say "why" instead of "how come"?

Why is "crazy man" an insult, while to insert a comma and say "Crazy, man!" is a compliment?

Why is abbreviation such a long word?

Why is it that the word "gullible" isn't in the dictionary?

Why is it that we recite at a play and play at a recital?

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