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Post by Lungsey on Feb 16, 2007 19:14:42 GMT -5
 Let's face it - English is a crazy language. There is no egg in eggplant nor ham in hamburger; neither apple nor pine in pineapple. English muffins weren't 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, 2 indices? Doesn't it seem crazy that you can make amends but not one amend? If you have a bunch of odds and ends and get rid of all but one of them, what do you call it? If teachers taught, why didn't preachers praught? If a vegetarian eats vegetables, what does a humanitarian eat? Sometimes I think all the English speakers should be committed to an asylum for the verbally insane. 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? How can a slim chance and a fat chance be the same, while a wise man and a wise guy are opposites? You have to marvel at the unique lunacy of a language in which your house can burn up as it burns down, in which you fill in a form by filling it out and in which an alarm goes off by going on. 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, when the stars are out, they are visible, but when the lights are out, they are invisible. |
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Post by clement on Feb 17, 2007 5:10:25 GMT -5
finally a statement that makes sense on this board. ;D oh, my dear Napoleon, where art thou ?  honni soit qui mal y pense !  peace.  |
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Post by Shoesh on Feb 19, 2007 6:37:51 GMT -5
doing, going, boing?
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Post by Shoesh on Feb 20, 2007 11:17:50 GMT -5
You have to marvel at the unique lunacy of a language in which your house can burn up as it burns down, in which you fill in a form by filling it out and in which an alarm goes off by going on. Lungs, I just read the thing properly cus I've got a lot of reading up to do. Just wanted to say that finding this quote here is not a coincidence!  wait, reading up? |
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Post by Lungsey on Feb 20, 2007 11:44:50 GMT -5
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Post by gr0undzer0 on Feb 20, 2007 12:09:11 GMT -5
Let's face it - English is a crazy language. There is no egg in eggplant nor ham in hamburger; neither apple nor pine in pineapple. English muffins weren't 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, 2 indices? Doesn't it seem crazy that you can make amends but not one amend? If you have a bunch of odds and ends and get rid of all but one of them, what do you call it? If teachers taught, why didn't preachers praught? If a vegetarian eats vegetables, what does a humanitarian eat? Sometimes I think all the English speakers should be committed to an asylum for the verbally insane. 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? How can a slim chance and a fat chance be the same, while a wise man and a wise guy are opposites? You have to marvel at the unique lunacy of a language in which your house can burn up as it burns down, in which you fill in a form by filling it out and in which an alarm goes off by going on. 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, when the stars are out, they are visible, but when the lights are out, they are invisible. |
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Post by Shoesh on Feb 20, 2007 14:20:55 GMT -5
Do you have a thing against smileys?
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Post by gr0undzer0 on Feb 20, 2007 14:40:25 GMT -5
they dont properly express what I am trying to express and shit y0  |
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Post by Shoesh on Feb 20, 2007 14:57:39 GMT -5
i was gonna say, draw your own emoticons, but i'd prolly be scared of m0ng0 smileys
blood gore and grindcore
wait.. that kinda has a nice ring to it
next VF album maybe?
BLOOD GORE AND GRINDCORE, in stores now!
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Post by gr0undzer0 on Feb 20, 2007 15:03:35 GMT -5
i was gonna say, draw your own emoticons, but i'd prolly be scared of m0ng0 smileys blood gore and grindcore wait.. that kinda has a nice ring to it next VF album maybe? BLOOD GORE AND GRINDCORE, in stores now! this properly relays the emotions I am feeling right now ;D thats quite BADASS actually ! |
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Post by Shoesh on Feb 20, 2007 15:22:00 GMT -5
thank you, i thought so too
so how much do i get of the proceeds?
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Post by Lungsey on Feb 20, 2007 15:24:24 GMT -5
that title would absolutely r0k major arse and all that! m0ng0, y0u being the bad ass viking that y0u are, i think this is the smilie you should go with: ![]() home.orange.nl/robvdbijl/Lungs/viking 2.gif[/img] |
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Post by gr0undzer0 on Feb 20, 2007 15:30:37 GMT -5
that title would absolutely r0k major arse and all that! m0ng0, y0u being the bad ass viking that y0u are, i think this is the smilie you should go with: ![]() home.orange.nl/robvdbijl/Lungs/viking 2.gif [/img] [/quote] that is BADASS !!!! I want one of those ! |
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Post by Lungsey on Feb 20, 2007 15:31:49 GMT -5
y0u are soooo lying about this
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Post by Shoesh on Feb 20, 2007 15:40:38 GMT -5
it's an evil plot don't fall for it lungsey Save yourself!! And your smilies!! Run for the hills!!! and bring back some vlokken while you're at it.. |
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