I promised I wouldn't cry. I didn't cry for the first day.. but after that... I guess I ain't made of a stone afterall. For those of you who have no idea what I'm talking about.. My grandmother passed away recently, and hence my absence. May her soul rest in peace with lots and lots of hugs and love. She was the best..
Death. Dying.. All this gets you thinking na? About life. Your life. Your worth.. all that, for another day!!
I hope all of you are not just "okay", you know how much I detest the word.. I hope all of you are in good health and high spirits. Thanks for bisiting and bisiting and enjoying my absence :)
Talking about thinking.. here's another thought. Don't take English for granted. It might be one of the most widely used languages and the most accomodating with the largest vocabulary... but it's crazy!!
There is no egg in eggplant. Neither pine nor apple in pineapple and no ham in hamburger. Sweetmeats are candies and sweetbreads, which are not sweet, are meat Quicksand works slowly, boxing rings are square, and a guinea pigs are not from Guinea.
And why do writers write, but fingers do not fing, grocers do not groce and hammers do not ham?
If vegetarians eat vegetables, what do humanitarians eat?
Perhaps all English speakers should be sent to an asylum for the verbally insane. In which language do people recite at a play and play at a recital? Have noses that run and feet that smell? Why are ‘overlook’ and ‘oversee’ antonyms? Why are ‘quite a lot’ and ‘quite a few’ alike?
Don’t you marvel at the unique lunacy of a language in which you fill in a from by filling it out and in which your alarm clock goes off by going on?
English was not invented by computers. It has the creativity of the human race ( which is not a race at all). That is why when stars are out they are visible, but when the lights are out they are invisible.
Right now I'm shifting residence.. you won't believe the amount of rubbish that there is.. Will post later with some more organised thoughts... until then.. lots of hugs!!
And by the by.. when I wind up my watch I start it, but when I wind up this essay I end it.
What about...
- You cant have the cake and eat it too.
So wat else will you do with the cake.
- The plane will land shortly. But if it gets delayed, why cant it land longly.
Sorry to hear about your grand mom.. may her soul rest in peace.. Losing a loved one hurts a lot, but it happens and nothing can be done about it..
@ English - funniest language in the world... reminds me of a joke.. How would u pronounce GHOTI?
Its pronounced FISH - Explanantion - pronounce GH as how its pronounced in Enough ( fa sound ). Next pronounce O as in Women ( I sound ) and TI as how it is in Nation (sh sound).. 'Owzzat?
That was sad by no 1 else but the Eenglipish author William Wordsworth.. FUnny name if u think about it.. did his parents kno he was gonna be a write and name him words worht or did he change his name later on? anyway what are his words worth? :P i lot i suppose :-\
Bye for now
Rythwin
Preetika, first my condolences for the demise of your grand-mom. Grandmothers are cute beings and its fortunate to have one. So I can understand the loss!
The second half of your post was too good. Really loved reading it. 'Soldier from Hell', your bit was too good too (is there something wrong with my sentence?). Thanks for sharing that info about GHOTI.
heyy me baackk.. went on trip with skl mates to wayanad.. twas brilliant.. really sorry to hear bout ur grandma.. hope ur feeling better.. :)..
waie if you look at it all languages throw up such dilemmas...for eg. maalakaar is one who makes garlands(maala), chitrakar is one who makes paintings(chitra) but an aavishkaar(inventor) doesn't make aavish
hope you are doing okay after your grandmas demise...take care.
me getting screwed badly with my training...shall try and put something up
Wait...let me see...you expect language to be logical? There are simply too many thoughts that are to be expressed in a language to have everything cut and dried. Perhpas the first eggplants looked like eggs. Perhaps the first boxing rings were, in fact, circular. Why can't you call fingers fingers? must they fing? It's called a 'noun'. Name of a person, place or thing. They don't abide by the same rules of logic that you want everything to abide by.
P.S I'm sorry about your grandmom
P.P.S Fingers don't fing, but fingerers do finger.
Lol ive got 1 more.. ppl who are intermingled races..
a cuban and a iceland(ian) - ull get little Ice Cubes
a frnch and a greek? Freak .. omg
an indian and a jew.. a Injew
lol sorry i cudnt resist tat
lol plz dont try explaining english.. ull only get lost
Not really. Once you accept certain basic facts, explaining English isn't really a problem.
Lol i dont wanna argue abt anything... and this post only says that eenglipish is a bery funny language.. thts all me ish trying to saying
in case you are trying to guess who the anon comment is from it is me...enjoy
@bb: it rocks your whole damn world.
@sf: hahahaha.. good ones there. Hope to see you here again..
@Rythwin: Thanks for sharing that with me.. i Had no idea abt that one.
@Ravi: yep, we're all good kids with good thoughts that we express on this good blog which you come to visit out of the goodness of your heart :)
@vishal: they don't say TIME IS THE BEST HEALER for nothing. GLad to have you back.
@anony: looks like it :) wishing you the best!
@sykora: No, I don't expect the language to be logical. I like it just like it is...
P.S thankus.
P.P.S: ;) good one.
@Ry(again): I know i know... I wasn't trying to explain stuff.. pah!
@Sykora(again): You know.. bah. Nothing.
@Ry(again)(again): Phew. well that clears that.
@nav: yay! I was wondering where the hell you were... wishing you the best (again).. cuz it looks like you could use it.
Oh! and before I shut up and let you guys off the hook.. it's intersting to note that alot of Enligsh Lecturers like to introduce English Grammar with : The unniqueness of this language lies in the fact that to every rule there are more words that don't obey the rule than there are words that follow it.
Anyway... thanks for bisiting guys.
Yours forever sthupitly.
and how did ya come to the conclusion that i need it??
you said na it wasn't going great. pah!