一就是萬(one), 二卻不是兩萬；十一是一來聞(eleven) 十二卻不是二來問。哈哈，這是笑話，不過你自己看看下麵的例子。
茄子裏麵沒有任何蛋 There is no egg in eggplant
漢堡裏也沒什麽火腿 Nor ham in hamburger
菠蘿即不是蘋果也不長在鬆樹上 Neither apple nor pine in pineapple.
英國馬糞並不是英國發明的 English muffins weren't invented in England，
炸薯豆條也不是法國開發的 nor French fries in France.
甜肉是糖果Sweetmeats are candies
甜麵包卻是肉，也不甜 sweetbreads, which aren't sweet, are meat.
快沙子可能很慢 quicksand can work slowly,
拳擊圈實際上是方的 boxing rings are square
幾內亞豬即不是幾內亞的，也不是豬 a guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig.
既然寫手能寫 writers write
為什麽指頭不指，販子不販，錘子不不錘？ fingers don't fing, grocers don't groce and hammers don't ham?
要是tooth 的複數是teeth, 那為什麽booth 不是 beeth?
一隻鵝叫goose, 多了就叫geese. 可一隻麋鹿是 moose, 兩隻以上就不是 meese.
可是，一個指數叫index, 兩個指數就是 indices.
你可以補好多補丁，you can make amends
但卻不能就補一個but not one amend.
你可以有千頭萬緒，you have a bunch of odds and ends
但不能隻剩一個 if only one of them left, what do you call it.
如果teachers taught,
為什麽 preachers 不 praught?
如果素食者吃素，If a vegetarian eats vegetables,
那慈善家吃什麽 what does a humanitarian eat?
演戲的時候想詞recite at a play
排練的時候演戲 and play at a recital.
船運用卡車，Ship by truck
真要運貨了就用船 and send cargo by ship.
鼻子能跑，Have noses that run
腳卻能聞 and feet that smell.
機會不管是瘦還是肥都是一個意思，a slim chance and a fat chance can be the same, 人精明起來卻炯然不同 a wise man and a wise guy are opposites.
房子著火了要燒上去才燒下來 Your house can burn up as it burns down,
填表時隻有填出來才能填進去 you fill in a form by filling it out
警報響了就是不響了an alarm goes off by going on.
如果光亮沒了，就看不見了when the lights are out, they are invisible,
但星星沒了，才能被看見 but stars are out, they are visible.
Driveway 是用來停車的 park on a driveway， parkway 是用來跑車的 drive on a parkway。
Freeway 並不是因為免費，highway也不是車速高或者高於地麵
其他原因鳥語不好學 REASONS WHY THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE IS HARD TO LEARN
1) The bandage was wound around the wound.
2) The farm was used to produce produce.
3) The dump was so full that it had to refuse more refuse.
4) We must polish the Polish furniture.
5) He could lead if he would get the lead out of his pants.
6) The soldier decided to desert his dessert in the desert.
7) Since there is no time like the present, he thought it was time to present the present.
8) A bass was painted on the head of the bass drum.
9) When shot at, the dove dove into the bushes.
10) I did not object to the object.
11) The insurance was invalid for the invalid.
12) There was a row among the oarsmen about how to row.
13) They were too close to the door to close it.
14) The buck does funny things when the does are present.
15) A seamstress and a sewer fell down into a sewer line.
16) To help with planting, the farmer taught his sow to sow.
17) The wind was too strong to wind the sail.
18) After a number of injections my jaw got number.
19) Upon seeing the tear in the painting I shed a tear.
20) I had to subject the subject to a series of tests.
21) How can I intimate this to my most intimate friend?
22) Be patient with your patients, doctor.
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