Why do we drive on a parkway and park on a driveway??????????
Why do we sing, "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" when we are already there ????????????
Why is the third hand on the wristwatch called the second hand??????????????????
It counts seconds.............
Larryj
If a word is misspelled in a dictionary, how would we ever know for sure?????????????????
Why do we say something is "out of whack"? What is a whack????
Quote from: patyrn on October 02, 2011, 05:43:06 PM
Why do we say something is "out of whack"? What is a whack????
A blow, if you hit something that is "out of whack" then you might fix it! Give it a WHACK!!! ;D
Lisa
via my hubby
Is flying really so dangerous they have to call the airport building ''the terminal?" ;D :angel:
Why do "tug" boats push their barges????
If Webster wrote the first dictionary, where did he find the words?????????????
And how did he know if they were spelt (sic) rite?? ;D
ready
;D He used the most commonly accepted spellings and chose his own if he wanted to. Anything to standardize it. Now with all the short speak and text spelling, consistency may be lost again.
Why does "slow down" and "slow up" mean the same thing?????
Why are they called "deer stands" when they are made for sitting?????
When someone says "take a seat" where are you supposed to go with it?
Why is it called "after dark" when it is really "after light" ????????????????
Why do you press harder on the buttons of a remote control when you KNOW the batteries are dead??????????????