English is a very perplexing language. There is no egg in eggplant, no ham in hamburger, no dog in hotdog and no pine in pineapple. No apple either. English muffins werent invented in England. French fries werent invented in France. Quicksand takes you down slowly, boxing rings are square and a guinea pig isnt from Guinea nor is it a pig. Flammable and inflammable mean the same thing. If pro is the opposite of con, what is the opposite of progress? If writers write, shouldnt fingers fing? If the plural of tooth is teeth, shouldn't the plural of phone booth be phone beeth? If the teacher taught, why didnt the preacher praught? Why do people recite at a play, yet play at a recital? Why do we 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. When you work out of the house aren't you working in the house? And why is it that when you wind up a watch it starts but when you wind up a presentation it ends?