English is a crazy language. There is no egg in eggplant nor ham in hamburger, and neither apple or pine in pineapple. English muffins weren’t invented in England or French fries in France. The boxing rings are square and guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig.

How can a slim chance and a fat chance be the same while a wise man and a wise guy opposite? How can overlook and oversee be opposites. How can the weather be hot as hell one day and cold as hell another?

House can burn up as it burns down. We fill in a form by filling it out. An alarm goes off by going on. When the stars are out, they are visible, but when the lights are out, they are invisible.

Look at the other side, English is invented by people and this reflects the creatively of the human race. Look at these sentences and see how creative we are in playing with the language to confuse others.

• The bandage was wound around the wound.
• The farm was used to produce produce.
• The dump was so full that it had to refuse more refuse.
• The soldier decided to desert his dessert in the desert.
• Since there is no time like the present, he thought it was time to present the present.
• When shot at, the dove dove into the bushes.
• I did not object to the object.
• The insurance was invalid for the invalid.
• There was a row among the oarsmen about how to row.
• They were too close to the door to close it.
• A seamstress and a sewer fell into a sewer.
• The wind was too strong to wind the sail.
• After a number of injections my jaw got number.
• Upon seeing the tear in the painting I shed a tear.
• I had to subject the subject to a series of tests.
• How can I intimate this to my most intimate friend?