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Things that don't make sense.

posted 4 years ago by samoanjoes (58613)
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- "Photo" and "photography" start with "ph" but "footage" doesn't.

- How can "fat chance" and "slim chance" mean the same thing?

- Led Zeppelin's song "Houses of the Holy" doesn't appear on their album "Houses of the Holy".

- If you put chocolate into warm milk it's known as a "hot chocolate" but putting chocolate into cold milk isn't called "cold chocolate".

- What's up with scoring in Tennis? 15, 30 then 40. Why not 45? Or better yet, why not just 1, 2, 3 or 10, 20, 30?

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[–] samoanjoes (58613) 4 years ago

Luke Skywalker kisses his own sister. It makes sense, but it's still gross.

[–] [deleted] 4 years ago

- "Photo" and "photography" start with "ph" but "footage" doesn't.

Footage is the term because animated film (analog) is measured in feet.

[–] samoanjoes (58613) 4 years ago

Mind blown.

[–] Gubbio (3893) 4 years ago

• You Drive on a Parkway.
• You Park on a Driveway.

[–] samoanjoes (58613) 4 years ago

Where are you from? I've never used "parkway".

[–] Gubbio (3893) 4 years ago

In the US, some major highways are called "Parkways."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parkways_in_New_York

(See List, half way down Page.)

[–] samoanjoes (58613) 4 years ago

I've only ever used "parking lot". Some parts of my country use "parkade".

[–] Eric56 (4580) 4 years ago

How the hell is "Dick" short for "Richard"?

[–] samoanjoes (58613) 4 years ago

Put the "d" in "Richard" in the front, drop the "r", a" "r" and you are left with "dich". Now drop the "h" and add a "k", and presto. It pretty obvious and not a stretch if you ask me.

[–] Gubbio (3893) 4 years ago

My cousin didn't like her husband, Richard, to be called "Dick." 😲

He went by "Rich" to most people.

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[–] samoanjoes (58613) 4 years ago

Why does English do this to us?

[–] Gubbio (3893) 4 years ago

If the plural of "mouse" is mice,

Why isn't the plural of "blouse" blice?

[–] samoanjoes (58613) 4 years ago

I've thought about this before.

[–] AnubisRaydeen (7897) 4 years ago

- The dime is the smallest coin

- Nipples on men

- The Moon looks MUCH larger at the horizon

- The presence of letters C, X, and Q. They don't do anything that K and S can't do. (they should respectively have these duties instead: CH, TH, SH) (Also, soft G should always be J instead)

- Signs addressing the blind

[–] AndyKing1967 (39865) 4 years ago

Why is a Charlie short for Charles?
Charles - one syllable, 7 letters
Charlie - two syllables, 7 letters
And yet.......?

[–] jonathan_k80 (6436) 4 years ago

Same with "Chuck" for Charles. Where did that come from?

[–] samoanjoes (58613) 4 years ago

As the old saying goes: don't trust letters.

It's not really an old saying but I'm just going with it.

[–] jonathan_k80 (6436) 4 years ago

Why is colonel pronounced the same as kernel?

Why do some people pronounce Washington like "Warshington"? Or gosh like "garsh"?

Where are all these invisible Rs coming from?

[–] samoanjoes (58613) 4 years ago

Why do some people pronounce Washington like "Warshington"? Or gosh like "garsh"?

Accents?

[–] jonathan_k80 (6436) 4 years ago

Most likely. I'm still wondering why they add an R.