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Crazy English Language

Discussion in 'Whatnots' started by Blog, Nov 28, 2002.

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    Blog, Nov 28, 2002
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    Well, he has a point. :D
     
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    loosen and unloosen mean the same thing, but tie and untie are opposites.
     
    Nutrimat, Nov 29, 2002
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    [​IMG] French fries are a belgian invention! :grin:
     
    Uytuun, Nov 29, 2002
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    Right, that's it. I will no longer take English to A Level, let alone BA and MA at the university of East Anglia. I will burn all my creative writing and essays, and start speaking french all the time.

    Hmmmm...
     
    Yerril, Nov 29, 2002
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    [​IMG] How can he talk in the language he writes of? If the speakers of the language from England should really be inside the asylum then shouldn't he be also? There are many arguments to this joke which makes a point out of pointlessness but how can you agree to it? If you can only agree 'he has made sense in nosensical ramblings'?
     
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    You mean like parking in a driveway and driving on a parkway?
     
    JohnnyRTFM, Nov 29, 2002
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    I would suggest that alot of the 'sillyness' of the english langauge comes from yanks :p

    hamburgers for instance, we call them beefburgers over here as thats what they contain.
     
    Akujin, Nov 30, 2002
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    Also, flammable and inflammable both mean the same thing (easily ignited on fire). :D
     
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    And why do we have a pair of panties but just one bra?

    (I think most of what's on the link is lifted from a Gallagher standup show..)
     
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    Hamburgers - called so because they originated in a part of germany called the "hamburg" (not sure about the spelling).
     
    Lazy Bonzo, Dec 1, 2002
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    Here's another one:
    Kidnappers abduct kids, but cat burgulars do NOT abduct cats.
     
    Blog, Dec 6, 2002
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