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Queer English
Some quirks found in modern English
Soon after Prince ate the thesaurus, strange things began to happen...
Plurals
We'll begin with a box and the plural is boxes.
But the plural of ox should be oxen, not oxes.
The one fowl is a goose but two are called geese,
Yet the plural of mouse should never be meese.
Imperfect grammar
Here's some perfectly nonsensical grammar...
Why it's hard to pronounce English
The present is a good time to present the present.
The bandage was wound around the wound.
Spelling
Why isn't 'phonetic' spelled the way it sounds?
Why is it so hard to remember how to spell 'mnemonic'?
Words that don't exist, but probably should
Giraffiti: Vandalism spray-painted very, very high.
Phonesia: The affliction of dialing a phone number and forgetting whom you were calling just as they answer.
Words that exist, but probably shouldn't
An oxymoron is a contradiction in terms, such as "a deafening silence", "tight slacks", "plastic glasses" and "pretty ugly".
Puns
We made this page for pun.
A chicken crossing the road is pure poultry in motion.
Other puzzling questions
Why does no word in the English language rhyme with month, orange, silver or purple?
Why are they called stairs inside but steps outside?
