A**z 发帖数: 184 | 1 在一个论坛上,我问什么是 easy on it 的时候,一位网友的回贴,
真是很有趣, :)
easy on it, what's the opposite, nevous on it?
LINGUISTICS
There is no egg in eggplant, nor ham in hamburger; neither apple or
pine in pineapple. And while no one knows what is in a hotdog, you
can be pretty sure it isn't canine.
English muffins were not invented in England nor French fries in
France.
Sweetmeats are candies, while sweetbreads, which aren't sweet, are
meat.
We take English for granted. But if we explore its paradoxes, we find
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