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Our Weird Language
* Why is it that writers write but fingers don't
fing, grocers don't groce and hammers don't ham?
* Why do some people use the expression 'Good
Grief'? What is a Bad Grief?
* Why is the plural of goose-geese and not the
plural of moose-meese?
* If two mouses are mice and two louses are lice why
aren't two houses hice?
* If the plural of mouse is mice, what is the plural
of spouse?
* Why do we say something is awfully good? What
exactly do we mean by this?
* Doesn't it seem crazy that you can make amends but
not one amend?
* Can you have only one plural?
* Have you ever wondered why just one letter makes
all the difference between here and there?
* Can you be frequent infrequently?
* Why do people say 'This and That' as opposed to
'That and This'?
* If the plural of octopus is octopi and platypus is
platypi what is the plural of schoolbus?
* Why is sphinges the plural of sphinx if there's
only one?
* What's the difference between new and brand new?
* Why do North Americans fill a form out but the
English fill it in?
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