Why???

[Old Dust 1]

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

John

Old Dust

[Mick Walker]

I would think the talented people that make patterns for us could be designed and that mail carriers could be delivered.

[sawdustus]

Very true. The English language is amazing isn't it. We also ride on parkways and park in driveways as the late George Carlin cogently observed.

george

[Mick Walker]

Why isn't Buick pronounced like quick?

[Band Saw Box]

Or when some goes by car it called shipment but when it goes by ship it called cargo.

[Steve838]

Why isn't Buick pronounced like quick?

Or, why isn't quick pronounced like Buick?

[Powakee]

Why isn't Buick pronounced like quick?

That's easy . . . . if it was pronounced like quick then when someone wanted one you'd think they talked like Elmer Fudd and send them to the 'bwick' store!

sshhheeeesssshhhhh . . . . . .!

John

[sbarnhardt]

I am constantly AMAZED at the immense intellectual prowess of the folks that post here!!!

[ChuckD]

OK, we will call it amazed, even if others words may fit, but that is English

[sbarnhardt]

OK, we will call it amazed, even if others words may fit, but that is English

Proper Queens English, huh??