tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8952293258341051637.post6668752702477042000..comments2023-08-15T19:04:19.757-07:00Comments on WARNING: May contain traces of bastard: Anutha WTF. Brought to you by: The English Language.Moko 2.0http://www.blogger.com/profile/08184138480876859503noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8952293258341051637.post-1860563699507883712009-04-07T07:27:00.000-07:002009-04-07T07:27:00.000-07:00The word SET has the most definitions of any word ...The word SET has the most definitions of any word in the English language. SET has 464 definitions in the Oxford English Dictionary. Here's how the others stack up:<BR/>RUN - 396<BR/>GO - 368<BR/>TAKE - 343<BR/>STAND - 334<BR/>GET - 289<BR/>TURN - 288<BR/>PUT - 268<BR/>FALL - 264<BR/>STRIKE - 250Big Bad Alhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08068264174422746226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8952293258341051637.post-6579785702675001952009-04-06T20:39:00.000-07:002009-04-06T20:39:00.000-07:00The comedian Dave O'Neil once asked:Why are Oranag...The comedian Dave O'Neil once asked:<BR/><BR/>Why are Oranages called Oranages and Bananas not called Yellow? How are our newly arrived Immigrants supposed to manage?Nautilushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03709472759179704843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8952293258341051637.post-79506770738495623282009-04-06T14:35:00.000-07:002009-04-06T14:35:00.000-07:00yeah umada like bow (ship) bough (tree) and bow (e...yeah umada like bow (ship) bough (tree) and bow (etiquette)<BR/><BR/>Which which is which?<BR/><BR/>programme? why not just spell it programmmme same thing. the yanks have that write with program and color.<BR/><BR/>Phonetics is the go (we should spell it fonetics)<BR/><BR/>phone = fone<BR/>limb = lim<BR/>yacht = yot <BR/>knight = nite = night<BR/>etiquette = etiket (bloody frenchy words!)<BR/>people = peeple<BR/>Russia = Rusha<BR/>Australian = Ozzie<BR/>right = rite<BR/>eight = ate<BR/><BR/>etcMickHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03951243567370863042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8952293258341051637.post-4366823726311979632009-04-06T05:54:00.000-07:002009-04-06T05:54:00.000-07:00i get pissed with right and right, left and left, ...i get pissed with right and right, left and left, weight and wait, here and hear, eight and ate - all the words that sound the same and mean different things.<BR/>no(know)wonder it takes people so long to (two, too) learn englishuamadahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10584719007745691885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8952293258341051637.post-17194798792200062172009-04-05T23:48:00.000-07:002009-04-05T23:48:00.000-07:00He drank heaps though - can't be all bad!He drank heaps though - can't be all bad!LERMONTOVhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14995215599478471912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8952293258341051637.post-49271312983192130702009-04-05T17:09:00.000-07:002009-04-05T17:09:00.000-07:00That's what we expect from you Moko, always asking...That's what we expect from you Moko, always asking the important questions, thinking important thoughts and showing important youtube clips!Nautilushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03709472759179704843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8952293258341051637.post-68400210182194887542009-04-05T15:33:00.000-07:002009-04-05T15:33:00.000-07:00Yes it's full of all those little anomalies...prob...Yes it's full of all those little anomalies...probably something to do with the fact that so many other languages went into the formation of it combined with the peculiar regionalities that shaped our words as it spread in usage. What I love about language is it's a fluid thing...when one word goes out of fashion another will gradually form in it's place. Gotta love urbandictionary.com!Natalia the Russian Spyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14212332023055043476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8952293258341051637.post-63194377781738201222009-04-05T15:20:00.000-07:002009-04-05T15:20:00.000-07:00'Everything' makes a single item out of all object...'Everything' makes a single item out of all objects collectively, and in fact is just the long way of saying 'all'. <BR/><BR/>'Every time' refers to each instance of time, individually.<BR/><BR/>Also, 'ryth' is easier to pronounce than 'ry tah' so it's easier to slur the two words in 'everything'. Ergo, we spell it like we say it.<BR/><BR/>Naturally, this is all horseshit (I prefer one word.)Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09519879143568413067noreply@blogger.com