1. Is it good if a vacuum really sucks?

2. Why is the third hand on the watch called the second hand?

3. If a word is misspelled in the dictionary, how would we ever know?

4. If Webster wrote the first dictionary, where did he find the words?

5. Why do we say something is out of whack? What is a whack?

6. Why does "slow down" and "slow up" mean the same thing?

7. Why does "fat chance" and "slim chance" mean the same thing?

8. Why do "tug" boats push their barges?

9. Why do we sing "Take me out to the ball game" when we are already there?

10. Why are they called "stands" when they are made for sitting?

11. Why is it called "after dark" when it really is "after light"?

12. Doesn't "expecting the unexpected" make the unexpected expected?

13. Why are a "wise man" and a "wise guy" opposites?

14. Why do "overlook" and "oversee" mean opposite things?

15. Why is "phonics" not spelled the way it sounds?

16. If work is so terrific, why do they have to pay you to do it?

17. If all the world is a stage, where is the audience sitting?

18. If love is blind, why is lingerie so popular?

19. If you are cross-eyed and have dyslexia, can you read all right?

20. Why is bra singular and panties plural?

21. Why do you press harder on the buttons of a remote control when you know the batteries are dead?

22.Why do we put suits in garment bags and garments in a suitcase?

23. How come abbreviated is such a long word?

24. Why do we wash bath towels? Aren't we clean when we use them?

25. Why doesn't glue stick to the inside of the bottle?

26. Why do they call it a TV set when you only have one?

JesusA (imported) wrote: Mon Jan 01, 2007 4:22 pm 4. If Webster wrote the first dictionary, where did he find the words?

Just to be a spoiler - he didn't! Noah Webster created the first dictionary printed in the US. Dr. Samuel Johnson is credited with creating the first English dictionary in something like 1750, about 100 years before Webster.

Happy New Year.

colin (imported) wrote: Tue Jan 02, 2007 2:18 am Just to be a spoiler - he didn't! Noah Webster created the first dictionary printed in the US. Dr. Samuel Johnson is credited with creating the first English dictionary in something like 1750, about 100 years before Webster.

Happy New Year.

Webster was a plagiarist? He stole Johnson's words? Where did Johnson get them?

kristoff wrote: Tue Jan 02, 2007 8:12 am Webster was a plagiarist? He stole Johnson's words? Where did Johnson get them?

Kristoff, Johnson got the words from the French, then bastardized the French language and that's when we started calling it "English."

Studlover

Studlover (imported) wrote: Tue Jan 02, 2007 11:44 am Kristoff, Johnson got the words from the French, then bastardized the French language and that's when we started calling it "English."

Studlover

And who did the French take them from....?

kristoff wrote: Tue Jan 02, 2007 2:45 pm And who did the French take them from....?

No one. They made up their own original language 'cause they had to hide the Holy Grail. That way DaVinci could paint "The Last Supper" and a book could be written about it.

It is real simple and basic linguistics.

Studlover

Studlover (imported) wrote: Tue Jan 02, 2007 3:00 pm No one. They made up their own original language 'cause they had to hide the Holy Grail. That way DaVinci could paint "The Last Supper" and a book could be written about it.

It is real simple and basic linguistics.

Studlover

Leave it the French to make up their own language. Probably just to be different than everyone else....

kristoff wrote: Tue Jan 02, 2007 4:44 pm Leave it the French to make up their own language. Probably just to be different than everyone else....

Some would call it arrogance. I call it confidence!

Hey! They gave us champagne!!!!! What more do you want???

Studlover

Cognac.

But I dont want snals,

River

Riverwind (imported) wrote: Tue Jan 02, 2007 4:53 pm Cognac.

But I dont want snals,

River

River, eat your snails. If you don't you are going to get my really really bad escargot joke.

Studlover

P. S. Champagne with Cognac.