Lets Face It: English Is A Crazy Language

There is no egg in the eggplant,
No ham in the hamburger
And neither pine nor apple in the pineapple.


English muffins were not invented in England,
French fries were not invented in France.

We sometimes take English for granted, 
but if we examine its paradoxes we find that:

China's "Crazy English" training camp

Crazy English by Evan Osnos Li Yang is China’s Elvis of English, perhaps the world’s only language teacher known to bring students to tears of excitement. His philosophy, captured by one of his many slogans, is flamboyantly patriotic: “Conquer English to Make China Stronger!”… READ THIS STORY SLIDE SHOW: PHOTOGRAPHS FROM A LI YANG CRAZY ENGLISH TRAINING CAMP