The Strange Case of the English Language

Wszyscy tutaj z zapałem uczymy się angielskiego ignorując fakt, że jest to język co najmniej dziwny, jeśli nie szalony. ;) Oto kilka przykładów wartych przemyślenia: Jak to jest możliwe, że **slim chance** i **fat chance** znaczą to samo, podczas gdy **wise man** i **wise guy** to przeciwieństwa ? :D 1. There is no butter in buttermilk and no grape in grapefruit, neither pin or apple in pinapple and no ham in hamburger. 2. **English muffins** weren't invented in England, **french fries** in France. 3. **a guinea pig** is neither a pig nor from Guinea 4. **hod dogs** can be cold, **darkrooms** can be lit, **homework** can be done in school, **nightmares** can take place in broad light while **daydreaming** can take place at night 5. midwives can be men 6. happy hours and rush hours can last longer than sixty minutes 7. quicksand work very slowly 8. Why is that a woman can man a station but a man can't woman one, that a man can father the movement but a woman can't mother one? And that a king rules a kingdom but a queen doesn't rule a queendom? 9. In what other language do people drive in a parkway and park in a driveway? 10. How can **quite a lot** and **quite a few** be the same, while overlook and oversee are opposites? Jest tego mnóstwo, zapraszam do podawania swoich przykładów ;)