Words and Idioms

Why does monosyllabic have so many syllables?

 

Why do we drive on a parkway, and park on a drive way?

 

Where did the winna bay go?

 

one blouse two Blice
One souse two sice

 

If the plural of mouse is mice, how come the plural of spouse is...illegal?

 

Unless your a Mormon

 

Stewardess-Stewerdi
Kleenex-Kleenexci

 

Touché (and I'm a recovering Mormon with only one wife )

 

If you're on the dance floor getting down with your down jacket on, the music may be cool, but you're going to get warm and if you overheat, you're going to go down

 

I will not tie off that Knot

How come we measure horses in hands and people in feet??

 

some......in centimeteres
and millileteres...
but the first pint is on me

 

I read the red book...

Now I will read about reeds.

 

females = moosettes
Used and recognized only in the mind of Mortimer Adler Moose but you can usually get my drift

 

inalienable and unalienable

 

As I'm homeschooling, I'm constantly apologizing to my seven year old about the inconsistencies of english grammar rules, the crazy number of homonyms in our language, and the lunacy of the spelling of so many of our words.

 

The most moveable word is "fixin to"