英语中的奇怪现象
本帖最后由 lamjin 于 2012-4-10 06:30 编辑大家一起学：
a) there isno egg in an eggplant, nor ham in a hamburger, and neither an apple nor a pine in a pineapple;
b) Englishmuffins weren't invented in England;
c) Frenchfries weren't invented in France;
d) sweetmeats are candies while sweetbreads - which aren't sweet, aremeat;
e) quicksandcan work slowly;
f) boxingrings are square;
g) a Guinea Pig is neither from Guinea nor a pig;
h) writerswrite but fingers don't 'fing', grocers don't 'groce' and hammersdon't 'ham';
i) the plural of tooth is teeth, but the plural of booth isn't 'beeth';
j) more than one goose is 'geese', but more than one moose isn't 'meese';
k) you can make amends but not one 'amend' (stick that in your indices - but notin your indexes);
l) if youtake a bunch of odds and ends and remove all but one, what is thatcalled?
m) though weknow what a vegetarian eats (vegetables), we don't know what to offeran humanitarian?
n) people recite at a play and play at a recital;
o) goods areshipped by truck but a cargo is sent by ship;
p) noses runand feet smell;
q) slimchance and fat chance mean the same, while a wise man and a wise guymean the opposite;
r) a houseburns up as it burns down (and gets 'razed' to the ground);
s) one fillsin a form by filling it out;
t) an alarmgoes off by going on;
u) when thestars are out, they are visible; when the lights are out, they areinvisible;
v) Buickdoesn't rhyme with quick?
w) it's good if a vacuum sucks;
x) the thirdhand on a watch is called the 'second' hand';
y) if a wordis misspelt in a dictionary, we will never know;
z) 'slowdown' and 'slow up' means the same;
i) tug boats actually push;
ii) The song'Take me out to the Ball Game' is sung when the punters are already intheir seats - at the ball game;
iii) the'stands' are made for sitting;
iv) 'afterdark' means 'after light';
v) when toldto 'expect the unexpected', we then expect the unexpected;
vi) 'phonics' is not pronounced the way it sounds;
vii) 'Allthe world is a stage'. So where is the audience sitting?
viii) 'bra'is singular and 'knickers' (a.k.a. panties) plural;
ix) suits gointo garment bags; garments go into a suitcase;
x) we wash bath towels, when we are supposedly clean when using them;
xi) glue doesn't stick to the inside of the tube;
xii) teachers taught, but no preacher 'praught';
xiii) theweather can be hot as hell one day, and cold as hell the next;
xiv) we parkon driveways and drive on parkways;
xv) I'venever seen a horseful carriage or a strapful gown, nor met a sung heroor experienced requited love;
xvi) andI've never met someone who was combobulated, gruntled, ruly orpeccable;
xvii)'abbreviated' is such a long word (and so are these roman numerals). 没有看懂，哪里奇怪了！*-)『怕怕』 没有看懂，哪里奇怪了！*-)『怕怕』
life007 发表于 2012-4-10 06:50 http://www.ourdream.ca/forums/static/image/common/back.gif
第一句， eggplant 里没有egg， hamburger 里没有ham， pineapple 里即没有apple 也没有 pine， 难道不奇怪吗？ 『洋葱头S16』 这句子就开始有文化的东西的，英语的幽默。 本帖最后由 lamjin 于 2012-4-10 16:20 编辑
b) English muffin 不是在英格兰发明的，但为啥叫 ENGLISH MUFFIN呢？
其实就有点像国内的烧饼，这边买不到烧饼， 就用这个替代吧 http://www.thekneadforbread.com/wp-content/uploads/english_muffin.jpg 。 b) English muffin 不是在英格兰发明的，但为啥叫 ENGLISH MUFFIN呢？
其实就有点像国内的烧饼，这边买不到烧饼， 就用这个替代吧 http://www.thekneadforbread.com/wp-content/uploads/english_muffin.jpg 。 ...
lamjin 发表于 2012-4-10 16:17 http://www.ourdream.ca/forums/static/image/common/back.gif
我知道这个muffin应该是法国发明的吧,法语称" 马粪" 原来是关于英语文化里的一点“奇怪”，还以为是什么奇怪呢，呵呵！
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