Veronica Vanessa"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.
We take English for granted. But if we explore its paradoxes, we find that quicksand can work slowly, boxing rings are square, and a guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig.
And why is it that writers write, but fingers don't fing, grocers don't groce, and 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 vegetarian eats vegetables, what does a humanitarian eat?
In what language do people recite at a play, and play at a recital?
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 a fat chance be the same, while a wise man and a wise guy are opposites? How can the weather be hot as hell one day and cold as hell another?
When a house burns up, it burns down. You fill in a form by filling it out, and 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. And why, when I wind up my watch, I start it, but when I wind up this essay, I end it?"
We take English for granted. But if we explore its paradoxes, we find that quicksand can work slowly, boxing rings are square, and a guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig.
And why is it that writers write, but fingers don't fing, grocers don't groce, and 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 vegetarian eats vegetables, what does a humanitarian eat?
In what language do people recite at a play, and play at a recital?
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 a fat chance be the same, while a wise man and a wise guy are opposites? How can the weather be hot as hell one day and cold as hell another?
When a house burns up, it burns down. You fill in a form by filling it out, and 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. And why, when I wind up my watch, I start it, but when I wind up this essay, I end it?"
--as cited from "English is a Funny Language!(view info)" page on facebook.com
Brilliant essay. I like it xD
Anyway.
I've changed! :D Well, I've changed "back", rather. It has been like more than a year since I can finish next week's homework on the previous week :P Dropping Physics is the correct decision after all, it REALLY does give me time to be more focused on my other subjects. At first I thought that if H1 is half of H2, that will mean that out of my 4H2 subject, dropping 1 H2 will be equivalent to dropping 1/8, or 0.125 of my burden, which doesn't seem like a lot. But hey. It feels like I've just dropped half of my subjects O.O Or a third, at least. I just hope I can maintain the momentum all the way until 29 November!! :D CHIONG!
Next. Physics assignment, Carboxylic Acids Tutorial and Sampling tutorial. History must wait until the lecturer finishes covering the current topic first before continuing with the outlines. Oh yea. Must start revising Cold War for next week's revision session!
Planning guitar concert is fun (: As long as you know who to mix and mingle with, that is. In fact, as long as I keep my distance off someone, I'll be able to maintain my mood -_-" It's not his fault he's like that, I guess, I just can't take it cos what he does is my pet peeve.
Almost done with the programme for concert. Three more groups to audition next week and we're all set! :D Decorations + booklet + poster designs ASAP, MCs and backstage crews to be recruited, and.....all the publication work, announcement and flyers to classes. It's fun planning an event you love with the friends you love (:
Huuh. Why didn't XJ want to play? :'((
I feel like getting a super-thin notebook to compile all concert matters X.X Apparently I don't think my small planner can take it. Haha.
Did some psychoanalysis thing. Lol. It's quite fun observing trends among people :P
Happy! (:
And tired. Zzz.
Next. Physics assignment, Carboxylic Acids Tutorial and Sampling tutorial. History must wait until the lecturer finishes covering the current topic first before continuing with the outlines. Oh yea. Must start revising Cold War for next week's revision session!
Planning guitar concert is fun (: As long as you know who to mix and mingle with, that is. In fact, as long as I keep my distance off someone, I'll be able to maintain my mood -_-" It's not his fault he's like that, I guess, I just can't take it cos what he does is my pet peeve.
Almost done with the programme for concert. Three more groups to audition next week and we're all set! :D Decorations + booklet + poster designs ASAP, MCs and backstage crews to be recruited, and.....all the publication work, announcement and flyers to classes. It's fun planning an event you love with the friends you love (:
Huuh. Why didn't XJ want to play? :'((
I feel like getting a super-thin notebook to compile all concert matters X.X Apparently I don't think my small planner can take it. Haha.
Did some psychoanalysis thing. Lol. It's quite fun observing trends among people :P
Happy! (:
And tired. Zzz.
Accio Friday night!!!
-vNs-