The Game of "YARC"

[windwalker]

Here is a game for all my "YARC" friends. There are no rules, just have fun with it.


English Is A "YARC" Language, can you think of other examples?



There is no egg in eggplant nor ham in hamburger; neither apple nor pine in pineapple.


English muffins weren't invented in England or French Fries in France.


Sweetmeats are candies while sweetbreads, which aren't sweet, are meat.


We take English for granted but, if we explore its paradoxes, we find that.... quicksand can work slowly, boxing rings are square and a guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig.


And why is it that writers write, but fingers don't fing, grocers don't groce and hammers don't ham?


Doesn't it seem crazy that you can make amends but not one amend?


If you have a bunch of odds and ends and get rid of all but one of them, what do you call it?


If teachers taught, why didn't preachers praught?


If a vegetarian eats vegetables what does a humanitarian eat?

We say a pair of pants, so is each leg a pant?


Can you think of other examples?


"YARC" Panda

 

[postesf]

Maybe this is a southern thing... fix'in

I'm fix'in to go
I'm fix'in dinner

Actually, I'm preparing dinner and preparing to leave right? I'm not actually fixing anything--repairing anything...

Another thought... Freeways. They are not free. Most of the time--especially rush hour, are they not a congested, poluted parking lot??? lol!

Stacie

 

[Steffwalks]

We park on driveways and drive on parkways!

When a plane nearly collides with another plane it's called a near miss, shouldn't it be a near hit?? Isn't a near miss when they DO collide.

There are no yams grown in the US, only sweet potatoes. But we use the term interchangebly.

Plurals
mouse to mice
louse to lice
spouse to spice
grouse to grice
douse to dice
house to hice

peer to peers
deer to deers

 

[windwalker]

Why is panties, briefs and shorts plural and bra is singular?

Intellectual Panda

 

[Steffwalks]

Blouse becomes blice!

A bra is designed to do one thing, defy gravity. Pants are designed to do multiple things, cover legs, protect the body, keep your behind warm, hold your wallet, protect your behind from splinters, keep you from sticking to vinyl, etc.

 

[windwalker]

Since we are in the human race, do we need to train for it?


Intellectual Panda

 

[jeanneg]

If someone who bakes is a baker, why isn't someone who cooks, a cooker?

 

[Steffwalks]

How about:

book, look, took, shook, nook, cook, hook, rook, spook!

 

[windwalker]

How about:

book, look, took, shook, nook, cook, hook, rook, spook!

Bookie, lookie, tookie??, cookie, nook (nope ain't going there), hookie, rookie and spooky.

Politicly Correct Panda