ENGLISH IS A CRAZY LANGUAGE.....JUST TO MAKE US SMILE

by eve Thu Sep 03, 2009 12:41 pm

When we transport something by car, it's called a shipment,
but when we transport something by ship, it's called cargo?

People who ride motorcycles called bikers and people who ride bikes called cyclists?

Why is it called a TV set when you get only one?

If olive oil is made of olives, what do they make baby oil from?

If the teacher taught, why isn't it also true that the preacher praught?

If harmless is the opposite of harmful ,
why shameless and shameful the same?

The sun comes up and goes down, but prices go up and come down.

When I wind up my watch, I start it, but when I wind up this essay, I shall end it?

If the plural of tooth is teeth, shouldn't the plural of booth be beeth?