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18 Nonsense expressions in the English language

  • There's no egg in eggplant.
  • There is no ham in hamburger.
  • There's no pine or apple in "pineapple."
  • Boxing rings are square.
  • Guinea-pig is neither from Guinea nor a pig.
  • If the plural of tooth is teeth why isn't the plural of booth "beeth?"
  • "Overlook" and "oversee" have exactly opposite meanings.
  • "Chuffed" has two opposite meanings. It can mean "happy" or "not happy."
  • We say the alarm "went off" when we mean it "went on."
  • A person who rides a motorcycle is called a biker while the person who rides a bike is called a cyclist.
  • If the plural of house is "houses", why isn't the plural of mouse "mouses"?
  • Hotdogs are not made from dogs.
  • Greenland is icy and Iceland is greeny.
  • In English, you "recite at a play" but "play at a recite".
  • If "writers" write why don't "hammers" ham?
  • You fill in a form by filling it out!
  • If the plural of box is boxes why isn't the plural of ox "oxes"?
  • If the plural of goose is geese why isn't the plural of moose "meese"?