┃English is a Crazy Language 英语是一门疯狂的语言 1
┃Let's face it-English is a crazy language
┃ There is no egg in eggplant nor ham in hamburger; neither apple nor pine in pineapple
┃ English muffins weren't invented in England nor French fries in France
┃ Sweetmeats are candies while sweetbreads, which aren't sweet, are meat
┃让我们接受现实吧--英语是一种疯狂的语言
┃茄子(eggplant,字面意为鸡蛋植物)里并没有鸡蛋,汉堡包(hamburger,字面意为火腿夹饼)里也没有火腿
┃同样,菠萝(pineapple,字面意为松树苹果)里既没有松鼠也没有苹果
┃松饼(English muffin,字面意为英式松饼)并不是英国人发明的,而炸薯条(French fries,字面意为法式油炸食品)也不是法国人的发明
┃“甜肉”(sweetmeat)指的是蜜饯,而“甜面包”(sweetbread)不是甜的,它指的是牛杂碎
┃We take English for granted
┃ But if we explore its paradoxes, we find that quicksand can work slowly, boxing rings are square and a guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig
┃ And why it is that w