There is 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 its 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 writers 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 a humanitarian eat!?

Why do people recite at a play, yet play at a recital? And

Park on driveways and drive on parkways?

You have to marvel at the unique lunacy of a language where a house can
burn up as it burns down and in which you fill in a form by filling it out.

And a bell is only heard once it goes!

People, not computers, invented English and it reflects the creativity of
the human race, which of course isn't a race at all).