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English is very strange - Did you know that 'verb' is a noun? - How can you look up words in a dictionary if you can't spell them? - If a word is misspelled in a dictionary, how would we ever know? - If two mouses are mice and two louses are lice, why aren't two houses hice? - If Webster wrote the first dictionary, where did he find the words? - If you've read a book, you can reread it. But wouldn't this also mean that you would have to 'member' somebody in order to remember them? - Is it a coincidence that the only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is uncopyrightable? - Is there another word for a synonym? - Shouldn't there be a shorter word for 'monosyllabic'? - Why can't you make another word using all the letters in 'anagram'? - Why do fat chance and slim chance mean the same thing? - Why do overlook and oversee mean opposite things? - Why do some people type 'cool' as 'kewl?' - Why does 'slow down' and 'slow up' mean the same thing? - Why does flammable and inflammable mean the same thing? - Why does X stand for a kiss and O stand for a hug? - Why is 'crazy man' an insult, while to insert a comma and say 'Crazy, man!' is a compliment? - Why are a wise man and wise guy opposites? - Why is it that we recite at a play and play at a recital? - Why is the alphabet in that order? Is it because of that song? - Why isn't 'palindrome' spelled the same way backwards? - Why isn't phonetic spelled the way it sounds? |