Peculiarities of English - Can you add more?

Hello, what a good topic! How about:

He THREW the ball THROUGH the window.
WHERE did you last WEAR that dress?
WHAT WATT is that lightbulb? (okay, it should be wattage I know, but that would spoil it)
THEIR friends where all THERE.
He READ the RED signpost.
He was only a little MITE, but he tried with all his MIGHT to lift it.
YOU shouldn't stand under a YEW tree in a storm.

Yes, there are annoying anomalies, and it must make English very difficult to learn as a second language, but we love it, don't we?

yes, English is i think a confusing language that we must accept.hehe!
Here is my share that i have read on "Phonetic Phoolishness":

DEAR and FEAR and HEAR but BEAR.
GEAR and TEAR but "WEAR and TEAR"
YEAST and LEAST and PLEASED but PLEASANT
MEAT and PEAT but SWEAT and GREAT. (The last word rhymes with FREIGHT and WEIGHT)
Quite different again is HEIGHT, which sounds like BITE and LIGHT.

COUNT but COUNTRY;
SOUTH but SOUTHERN;
DISGUISE but BRUISE;
YOUTH but MOUTH;
AUNT is not like VAUNT and CAUNT;
BROOK but BROOCH and BROOD but BLOOD;
HOOD but MOOD and FOOD but FLOOD;
MINT but PINT and CORK but WORK.
DULL and GULL and HULL but FULL.
OUR, FLOUR but TOUR and POUR.
We say BONE and LONE but GONE.

Now, always bear in mind the difference between WIND and WIND. (The latter rhymes with RIND and KIND.)

I hope u enjoy this. Happy mylotting^^;

yes English does have a lot of peculiarities. It is a language made up of 100 different languages a little borrowed from here a little borrowed from there. Many words are borrowed from the many different European languages that also include words from Africa, India, Japan and many other countries.

England was invaded by waves of different countries and each one left behind part of their language. As England and its British Empire around the world they picked up words here and there and added them to the English vocabulary. English is not a static language thank goodness.

Okay here goes. Off the top of my head:

Why are goods transported in a car called a shipment and when they are carried by ships, they are called cargo.

Why do nose runs but feet smells?

Then we have the odd pronunciation issues:

He was at the bow of the ship when he saw Robin Hood on the bough of a tree,with his bow and arrow. Little John would not bow to the Sheriff of Nottingham who was in a bow tie and was imprisoned.

Well, I will get back here, when I recall some more.

What comes to my mind is when I'm reading with Cary. The little guy has quite the sense of humor. For example, silent letters. He always makes a point to pronounce them just to get a chuckle. K's are his favorite. The boy fell and scraped his kanee (knee). I kanow (know) how to fix that. He also likes playing with words that sound alike. A motorcycle is a mothercycle, for example. But it's the silent letters that tickle his fancy the most.

Hi Cloud, well this is a fun one which could do with a bit of reviving as per j.bs idea the other day and discussions lurking at the side. Of course I didn't actually find it there as went instead. I used to write right hole whole stories storeys of these when making sure my sun son could identify the differences in sounds and spellings of English words as Greek words are entirely phonetic and don't do this, though obviously two to too words may mean the same.

So I would send the bare bear to Wales to hear the wales wail which were here, and thus make learning fun.

Here in Greece there are a few words which spring to mind as meaning the same, a brick is also a dunce, a piece of wood is also a spanking, and if you stress it wrong and ask for something cheap you spit on someone.

wouldnt you know i can not think of any that hasnt been mentioned? problem is that my spelling is terrible anyway and i slaughter this language so badly i tend to make people cringe on here anyway so i will say that i do love the classics with the old english words. so romantic. i once talked my aunt into reading "Wuthering Hieghts" my favorite. she only got a few pages into it and said, no way she couldnt understand it. i totally understood and love it.

Shall I turn RIGHT? RIGHT! that will be the RIGHT way to go.

Let's not LEAVE until all the LEAVES have fallen

He THREW the ball THRU the window and now he was THROUGH playing ball.

She SENT him to buy her the new perfume SCENT.

Twas a beautiful SIGHT, the SITE where the party was held.

It would LESSEN the tension if the LESSON were easier.