10 English words you think you know their meanings
Do you know? That there are many English words that do not mean what you think they mean... E nglish is indeed crazy and inconsistent as it c hameleons at every breath. Can you imagine? What 'rio' is in a 'scene' that makes it a 'scena rio '?. A language humorist, Richard Lederer, pokes fun at the lunacy of English, in his book, Crazy English thus : let's face it- English is a crazy language why do writers write but harmers don't ham? if vegetarians eat vegetables, what does a humanitarian eat? why does a king live in a kingdom, but a queen does not live in a queendom? T his is why we have to take our time to learn it because we have to speak it right as it has become the most acceptable language of communication. W e cannot afford to be an emergency clown whom people will laugh hysterically at every utterance we make. If you do not want to be one, then let's get it right! Here we go! Some of such words include: Barb ...