05/10/2019
Share these with your children or grandchildren and marvel at how illogical (and fun!) English can be.
тАв Why do we drive on parkways and park on driveways?
тАв If a tin horn is made of tin, and a brass horn is made of brass, whatтАЩs a fog horn made of?
тАв Why is something sent on a ship called cargo, but something sent in a car called a shipment? And why is one thing sent on and another sent in?
тАв Why is it a pair of pants, or a pair of glasses, of a TV set, when thereтАЩs only one of it?
тАв How can you both fill out and fill in a form?
тАв If a set of stairs is called a staircase, why is a set of steps not called a stepcase? And is there a difference between stairs and steps? While weтАЩre at it, why is a set of stairs between floors called a flight?
тАв If it makes sense that a person who handles cash is a cashier, why is a person who handles your investments called abroke r?
тАв When you pack, why do you put your suits in a garment bag, but your garmentsin asuit case?
тАв Why do people recite their lines in a play, but play at a recital?
тАв How can things burn up and burn down?
тАв Why is it that your feet smell but your nose runs?
тАв Why do you have to turn off an alarm that already went off?
тАв How come awise man is respected but a wise guy is not?
тАв How can a chance be both fat and slim?
тАв How can you overlook something youтАЩre supposed to oversee?
тАв If musicians have a practice to get better, why do doctors have a practice?
тАв Why are they called apartments when theyтАЩre all together?
тАв Why does night fall, but day breaks?
тАв Why do we say uncle when weтАЩve had enough? (I think I heard a few of those тАж)