There is no egg in the eggplant, no ham in the hamburger and neither pine nor apple in pineapple.

English muffins were not invented in England, and French fries did not start in France.

Boxing rings are square and a guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig.

If the plural for tooth in teeth, shouldn’t the plural of phone booth be phone beeth?

If the teacher taught, why didn’t the preacher praught?

Why is it that when the stars are out they are visible, but when the lights are out they are invisible?

And why it is that when I wind up my watch, it starts, but when I wind up this story, it ends?

Do infants enjoy infancy as much as adults enjoy adultery? If love is blind, why is lingerie so popular?

Why is the man who invests all your money called a broker? This is worrying.

Why is a person who plays the piano called a pianist, but a person who drives a race car is not called a racist?

Why are wise man and wise guys opposites? Why do overlook and over see mean opposite things?

If horrible means to make horrible, does terrific mean to make terrible?

If 31 is pronounced as thirty-one, why isn’t 11 pronounced as onety-one?

If lawyers are disbarred and clergymen defrocked, doesn’t it follow that electricians can be delighted, musicians denoted, cowboys deranged, tree surgeons debarked and dry cleaners depressed?

If you take an Oriental person and spin him around several times, does he become disoriented?

Still on people, if those from Poland are called Poles, why aren’t people from Holland called Holes?