english language oddities

[The Vector Doctor]

Found this gem. I remember having similar thoughts when my kids were learning to read and I was helping with pronunciations


http://www.houseind.com/movie/

 

[Fine Line Darrel]

Thanks Eric,

Loved it.

Fine Line Darrel

 

[Mike Paul]

Hmm... The linked crashed FireFox twice and Explorer twice.

 

[Kentucky Wraps]

Do knight's learn to cut wood at night to burn or would the dew keep the heap too wet?

 

[dj_elite]

Just like we park in a driveway, but drive through a parkway!

 

[Tim Aucoin]

Loved it Eric... he sure does have a point! For a simple language, it sure is tuff! :Big Laugh Okay, that's enuff of that!

 

[J Hill Designs]

sound isn't working for me...hmm

 

[WildWestDesigns]

Loved it Eric... he sure does have a point! For a simple language, it sure is tuff! :Big Laugh Okay, that's enuff of that!

That's what happens when we have one of the tougher languages out there. So many rules and then so many exceptions. Not to mention when you get into regional issues and slang.

It just never stops.

 

[Kentucky Wraps]

Just like we park in a driveway, but drive through a parkway!

Yeah, and apartments are all stuck together???
Why isnt phonetic spelled the way it sounds?
Why are there interstate Highways in Hawai'i?
One goose, 2 geese. So one moose, 2 meese?
If a vegetarian eats vegetables, what does a humanitarian eat?
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?
Lot's out there on sites...English is full of Canundrums.

 

[bob]

...
One goose, 2 geese. So one moose, 2 meese?...

Bzzzt. Wrong.

The plural of goose is gooses. A goose is a female of the species informally known as geese. A gander is a male of that same species. The phrase 'Two geese' refers to a pair of sexually indeterminate members of the species. Likewise 'Two gooses' refers to a pair of female geese. Any reference that cites anything to the contrary was written by city boys who, on this subject, don't know their collective asses from a hot rock.

Moreover, you don't say 'One geese' or 'A geese' for the same reason you don't say 'One cattle' or 'A cattle'.