Sherri sent me =
these “challenges” in our language that make teaching =
English so difficult:
**The word =
“queue” is just a “q” followed by four silent =
letters
**Jail and =
prison are synonyms, but jailer and prisoner are =
antonyms
**English is =
the only language where you drive on parkways and park on =
driveways
**It also is =
the only language where you recite in a play and play in a =
recital
**When you =
transport something in a car it is called a shipment, but if you =
transport it in a ship, it is called cargo
**Your fingers =
have fingertips, but your toes do not have =
toetips
**Yet you can =
tiptoe but not tipfinger
~~
Dr Bob Griffin =
[email protected] =
www.grif.net =
"Jesus =
Knows Me, This I =
Love!"