now I have spent five good years in america, and i would like to think taht i have a pretty good grip on the english language, but there are some things that make me want to scream!!!!
some examples- i will try to think of more.
you and squash a fly and you can zip a fly
there is no no butter in buttermilk, no egg in eggplant, no grape in grapefruit, and no peas in peanut.
English muffins weren't invented in England, french fries in France, or Danish pastries in Denmark
a woman can man a post, but a man can't women a post.
"go to the bathroom" means to piss. so you go to the bathroom to go to the bathroom- dogs go to the bathroom outside on the lawn. there is no bathroom on the lawn- so how the f-word can this be?!
two octopuses are octopi, but why arent two attennas antennae?
there is nothing to rhyme with orange!! NOTHING AT ALL!!! WTF PEOPLE?!
more to come when I think of them,.