wHaT dO hUmAnS aNd eNgLish LaNguaGe hAvE iN cOmMoN??

I read this poem during our Public Speaking class with our teacher Mdm. Hermosa.. She shared to us this poem and I wanted to share this poem to you.. I don't know the poet though. Either I was not listening when madam mentioned the author or the author was not mentioned at all. But it seems more likely the first option.. heheh.. My batchmates know me and they can tell you that I seldom listen to class discussions.(not for english!! I always listen to Sir Elmer. Sip2x!! hahah).. I found this poem funny yet somehow carries a sense of truth in it.. Such irony!! I can't take it!! heheh.. You better read it for yourself..

..!$*ehEm2x*$!.. ..!$*MiC tEsT*$!..

English is a Stupid Language

Let's face it
English is a stupid language.
There's no egg in the eggplant,
No ham in the hamburger,

And neither pine nor apple in the pineapple.
English muffins were not invented in England
French fries were not invented in France.

We sometimes take English for granted
But if we examine it's paradoxes,
We find that quicksand takes you down slowly,
Boxing rings are square
And a Guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig.

If writer's write, how come fingers don't fing?
If the plural of tooth is teeth
Shouldn't the plural of phone booth be phone beeth?

If the teacher taught,
why didn't the preacher praught?
If a vegetarian eats vegetables,
what the heck does humanitarian eat?

Why do people recite a play yet play at a recital?
Park on driveways and drive on parkways?
How can the weather be as hot as hell
on one day and as cold as hell on another?

English was invented by the people, not computers.
And it reflects the creativity of human race.
(which of course isn't a race at all)

-That is why-

When the stars are out, they are visible.
And why is it that when
I wind up my watch it starts
But when I wind up this poem it ends..

...!$*bOw*$!..

See??!! I can't argue the poet. Not because I don't know him(heheh) but because there is truth in what the poem says.. It is true that there is no egg in the eggplant yet English language still call it an eggplant..Tsk3x.. Poor logic!!(hahah.. like what Sir Elmer often says). There are certain words that contradicts the English language technicalities..

Just like us..

We humans sometimes go beyond the boundary of manhood.. We are mere humans.. An animal in the kingdom animalia phylum chordata with two arms, two legs, a torso and a head. We fly yet we don't have wings.. We swim for hours yet we don't have gills.. We do things contrary to what we were supposed to do.. I am supposed to post a blog entry yet I'm playing counter-strike.. See??!! We humans share one similarity with English language......
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