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If the plural of tooth is teeth, why isn’t booth beeth?

November 11, 2021

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Quicksand is slow, boxing rings are square, and guinea pigs are neither from Guinea nor are they pigs.

“Odd contradictions are numerous in English. There is no egg in eggplant, ham in hamburger and no apple (or pine) in a pineapple,” writes “Whimsy” columnist CLIVE WILLIAMS.

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