Little Ironies of Life

@porwest (65355)
United States
March 22, 2023 6:57am CST
Have you ever thought sometimes there are little ironies in life. Take this simple one between a short person and a tall person. If you are short and you ask a tall person to help you reach something up high this is considered to be very helpful to the short person. But if, on the other hand a tall person were to ask a short person to pick something up low for them, this would be considered an insult to the short person. Don't you dare actually means "do not you dare," but if you said it that way people would look at you funny. These also remind me of some funny observations the famous comedian Gallagher used to make about certain words. For example, we drive on a parkway but park on a driveway. A building that is already built is called a building instead of a built. Is it odd that our nose can run and smell and so can our feet? An ass can be a clown, a donkey, a jerk or a nice thing to admire. That is all, now onward and upward to the rest of your day.
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@JudyEv (311820)
• Rockingham, Australia
22 Mar
No wonder people have trouble learning English.
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@porwest (65355)
• United States
22 Mar
lol. It can be a challenge for a non-native speaker for sure. I mean even if the word raze is spelled differently from raise, it sounds exactly the same. Raze of course means to demolish and raise means to bring something up—when you tell someone who doesn't know English well a building was razed, they might think you mean it was recently built. lol
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@Fleura (26132)
• United Kingdom
22 Mar
@porwest When I was little I was always confused if I heard that a building was razed to the ground, I thought of it being raised to the ground - so did they dig down to it??
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@thebos (3052)
• Kisumu, Kenya
22 Mar
English being my second language, it was quite complicated when I started learning it
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@porwest (65355)
• United States
22 Mar
I can imagine. A lot of people say it's not a hard language to learn. I beg to differ.
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@thebos (3052)
• Kisumu, Kenya
23 Mar
@porwest it may seem, but for me when it comes to language it is somehow difficult to get along
@RebeccasFarm (103469)
• Wheat Ridge, Colorado
22 Mar
There are so many strange sayings huh Jim?
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@porwest (65355)
• United States
22 Mar
Language is fun because of its versatility and sometimes quirky nature.
@1creekgirl (36991)
• United States
22 Mar
Really cool info. Isn't it strange when we say to someone, "What did you say your name was?" The name hasn't all of a sudden changed.
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• United States
22 Mar
Gallagher was one of my favorite comedians and yes the ironies do seem a bit confusing but funny
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@porwest (65355)
• United States
22 Mar
Oh man, he was funny. Sorry we lost him.
@LindaOHio (122676)
• United States
15 Apr
That's what's called the English language. I'm surprised I understand and vocalize the language as well as I do.
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@porwest (65355)
• United States
21 Apr
You almost have to natively speak it to really grasp it. lol
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@marguicha (205240)
• Chile
22 Mar
I loved your post! I look at those things in Spanish.
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@Shavkat (131287)
• Philippines
22 Mar
The only thing that most people are in common. They all experiences the ups and downs in their lives.
@RasmaSandra (65132)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
23 Mar
A road is also a route it can be used for walking or driving. We live on a certain street but cars drive on streets while people walk on sidewalks.
@moffittjc (112833)
• Gainesville, Florida
23 Mar
I wonder if this is unique to our language, or if things like that happen in other languages as well?
@Fleura (26132)
• United Kingdom
22 Mar
Don't forget that a fly is still a fly even when it's walking. And a bird can fly but a fly can't bird
@Icydoll (37202)
• India
22 Mar
The ironies are confusing yet funny though . Nice post
@cabuyogty (1872)
22 Mar
I always have that ironies and that's okay with me
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@JimBo452020 (51953)
• Montrose, Scotland
23 Mar
Ironies are things you put creases in shirts with and trousers too
@leighnyork (1276)
22 Mar
This is very interesting. I had not thought to this point.