Ofcourse English is crazy. I've heard tht English was crazy from popel from other countries. They told me not only do we have so many synonyms and antonyms but we have the most complex slang terms ever. We use word like "dog" and "son" to show relationship to someone. We also have only a select group of circles where sertain slang is accepted. To make matters worst we decide to spell words like dog differently to justify the meaning. W spell it d-a-w-g. These complications do nothing but confuse people trying to learn the language.
I think that this story was a good one to read. The story was funny to me. English is a crazy language. I think that the title fits the story. This story is very true a lot of words are crazy because there is no butter in buttermilk and no egg in eggplant and a few other words are the same. It is fun to make up words and make it mean something different from what it really means. I agree with what Patrick said we just seem to say random words without really thinking about the meaning of what we say. I think that what Mattjones said is true too we do make words mean something different from what then are like when some people say son or nigga.
noel jordan
Well it's no wonder that English as a second language is difficult to learn. When we speak, we don't realize how crazy our language really is. In Richard Lederer's "English Is A Crazy Language", he describes some of the inconsistencies of often used, every day words. For example he writes," there is no butter in buttermilk, no egg in eggplant, [and] nogrape in grapefruit". Where in the world do we come up with this stuff? He also writes, " If pro and con are opposites, is congress the opposite of progress?"I found this one to be particularly funny. There are many words that sound the same and are spelled the same that have two unrelated meanings. Take the word table. I eat at the kitchen table and sometimes I will table a discussion until a later date. It is a wonder that we ever learned this crazy language.
Ms. Noel Jordan has put in words a lot of what I was just describling as far as the humor goes. Also, I'm in agreement with her about English being a strange crazy language. The author(Mr. Lederer)makes a valid, strong points to put into the media.
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