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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.
Quicksand works 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? 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? Is it an odd, or an end?
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?
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, is not a race at all.
That is why, when the stars are out, they are visible, but when the lights are out, they are invisible.
P.S. - Why doesn't "Buick" rhyme with "quick"?
SOURCE: http://www.walkupsway.com/grammar_jokes.htm
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.
SOURCE: http://www.walkupsway.com/grammar_jokes.htm
some species of eggplants have fruits that are egg shaped, hence eggplant. the hamburger was invented by a duke of hamburg, who, due to his incessant gambling, his dinner was brought in by servants who put meat in between two slices of bread, thus, hamburger. the pineapple is a fruit (and the archetype of fruit is, guess what? the apple.see the genesis in the bible.) an edible fruit looking like a pine cone? the rest is history. english muffins and french fries are so named in the same manner as the french kiss: since the style of cooking (and kissing) are exotic, they just put some racist tags on something out of the ordinary. darn bigots.
there's no corn in corned beef. well, at least that's visible. corn was used to fatten cattle raised for beef, so logically, corned beef.
[with apologies for being a douche LOL]
q_sharon
02/24/08, 09:19 PM
some species of eggplants have fruits that are egg shaped, hence eggplant. the hamburger was invented by a duke of hamburg, who, due to his incessant gambling, his dinner was brought in by servants who put meat in between two slices of bread, thus, hamburger. the pineapple is a fruit (and the archetype of fruit is, guess what? the apple.see the genesis in the bible.) an edible fruit looking like a pine cone? the rest is history. english muffins and french fries are so named in the same manner as the french kiss: since the style of cooking (and kissing) are exotic, they just put some racist tags on something out of the ordinary. darn bigots.
there's no corn in corned beef. well, at least that's visible. corn was used to fatten cattle raised for beef, so logically, corned beef.
[with apologies for being a douche LOL]
:applaud::applaud: great comments coming from a smart coffeer. :cute3:
If a vegetarian eats vegetables, what does a humanitarian eat?
cannibals!
"A racist racer came racing to his race!"
and if vegetable oil is from veggies, what about baby oil?
that question always makes me shudder.
ctivnan
02/26/08, 07:29 PM
If a vegetarian eats vegetables, what does a humanitarian eat?
cannibals!
"A racist racer came racing to his race!"
... humans?! :lol:
racz_jay25
02/26/08, 09:53 PM
and if vegetable oil is from veggies, what about baby oil?
that question always makes me shudder.
from baby? :lol:
"I'm an internet predator. I predate the existence of the internet."
ctivnan
02/27/08, 06:49 PM
"I'm an internet predator. I predate the existence of the internet."
:lol: You bring humor here! :thankyou:
ctivnan
02/27/08, 10:42 PM
there's no corn in corned beef. well, at least that's visible. corn was used to fatten cattle raised for beef, so logically, corned beef.
[with apologies for being a douche LOL]
Just additional info:
According to William and Mary Morris in their Dictionary of Word and Phrase Origins, "corn" was any small substance or particle, especially a seed or kernel.
Before, "when beef was laid down in a brine to cure, it was sprinkled with corns of coarse salt. So the process came to be known as corning the beef and the end product was corned beef."
:ninja1: :whazzup: :ninja1:
Just additional info:
According to William and Mary Morris in their Dictionary of Word and Phrase Origins, "corn" was any small substance or particle, especially a seed or kernel.
Before, "when beef was laid down in a brine to cure, it was sprinkled with corns of coarse salt. So the process came to be known as corning the beef and the end product was corned beef."
:ninja1: :whazzup: :ninja1:
would've made more sense if they called it "cured beef" or "salted beef". i dont have an internet source to back me up on this (naaah, just too lazy to click about and do research LOL) but it was my teacher (who got his phd from clark university. don't look him up, he's retired) who told us that corned beef was called as such because these bovine creatures which peta cares about so much was fattened through corn meal.
glassedeyes
03/01/08, 02:59 AM
Hahaha. This was truly entertaining to read.
I feel so intellectual reading along the explanations. =D So that's why it's Corned Beef and Pineapple. Interesting.
trailblazerstravelntours
03/14/08, 01:11 AM
Just additional info:
According to William and Mary Morris in their Dictionary of Word and Phrase Origins, "corn" was any small substance or particle, especially a seed or kernel.
Before, "when beef was laid down in a brine to cure, it was sprinkled with corns of coarse salt. So the process came to be known as corning the beef and the end product was corned beef."
:ninja1: :whazzup: :ninja1:
so that explains it! mystery unveiled! :thankyou:
ctivnan
03/14/08, 06:57 AM
so that explains it! mystery unveiled! :thankyou:
You're welcome!! :Cat Smiley 6111:
cleverlane
03/25/08, 10:54 PM
Thanks CTIVNAN for your reply re:, corned beef. I was about to ask what was the truth about it. Because after I read the quote from another member I got confused. Thanks again!
And one more thing, I just what to know your opinion on this, I read a line from a school saying they are Catholic NON-Sectarian school. Is there such a thing? :thankyou:
cleverlane
03/25/08, 11:00 PM
would've made more sense if they called it "cured beef" or "salted beef". i dont have an internet source to back me up on this (naaah, just too lazy to click about and do research LOL) but it was my teacher (who got his phd from clark university. don't look him up, he's retired) who told us that corned beef was called as such because these bovine creatures which peta cares about so much was fattened through corn meal.
It's ok patis, teachers make mistakes too! My teacher once told us that there are people in Mars like us... in flesh and they are called Martians.:happy0007:
ctivnan
03/25/08, 11:25 PM
Thanks CTIVNAN for your reply re:, corned beef. I was about to ask what was the truth about it. Because after I read the quote from another member I got confused. Thanks again!
And one more thing, I just what to know your opinion on this, I read a line from a school saying they are Catholic NON-Sectarian school. Is there such a thing? :thankyou:
You're welcome! :jumpingangel:
Yes, it means that they are open to accepting students from other religious denominations. :happy0007:
It's ok patis, teachers make mistakes too! My teacher once told us that there are people in Mars like us... in flesh and they are called Martians.:happy0007:
actually, no. this one is so sure about it. backgrounder: he contributed a philippine map to an internationally recognized world atlas (his name is there, i saw it myself. it's just one of his internationally acclaimed contributions to the world body of knowledges), he graduate cum laude in foreign service back in the day when UP dil still offers the course, he took his masters and phd in clark university, majoring in urban planning and climatology, respectively, went home and served in the army, served as psg under president marcos. he never missed a class and he was supposed to retire but the department kept him for at least 5 years more because he is really good. he is really one of the best geographers in the philippines, among the top 3, if my rankings are to be followed. he makes mistakes, true, but only mundane ones. the corned beef is not one of these mundane errors.
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