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I Can Has Cheeseburger?

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I Can Has Cheeseburger game quiz
"A little hodge-podge about some words in the English language and why they can be so daunting to foreigners, small children, native speakers, farm animals, etc. (In response to an author's challenge)"

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1. Why doesn't the word "phonetic" sound the way it is spelled? I mean, I thought phonics was supposed to be based on the way words sound. So, why isn't it called "fonetix," or at least, "fonetics"?
    it existed in another language other than English
    as a test, to see how many people are actually paying attention
    no one really knows
    to keep confusion down


2. Why did some people in the U.S. start eating "freedom fries" and "freedom toast" just after the turn of the 21st century?
    because they were honoring the Civil Rights era with reenactments
    in support of the former French colony of Algiers
    as a protest to France
    to help purchase medical supplies for citizens of Iraq


3. That's weird... Remember the old "I before e except after c" thingie that you learned in school?
Luckily, the word "weird" is the only exception to that rule.
    True
    False


4. I was wondering why people of other nationalities have such difficulty understanding English.
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Though I hiccough and cough, a thoroughly original thought breaks through: "the bough is tough."

As these -ough words show, the same letters may not always be pronounced the same way. In fact, two words can look exactly alike, yet be pronounced differently. What is the name for such a pair of words?
    an antonym or antipode
    a homograph or heteronym
    a contranym or contronym
    a homonym or homophone


5. Well, I always kind of liked the music of the rock group, Queen.
Nowadays, though, a queen can mean a slightly, or not-so-slightly, effeminate male or it can still mean a lady of royalty.

But, tell me, what on earth is a "quean"?
    a prostitute
    a stablehand
    an ocean worthy vessel
    a barking dog


6. See if you can go the nut-farm figuring this one out:

Flammable means able to catch fire easily, and so does inflammable.
    True
    False


7. "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog," at 35 letters, is the shortest sentence in the English language that uses every letter of the alphabet.
    True
    False


8. Hey. Do you like those little rubbery gummy bears that are so popular with kids? There are other shapes and names nowadays, but the original was the Gummi Bear. In what year and from what country did these chewy candies originate?
    1965 - Great Britain
    1959 - Canada
    1922 - Germany
    1944 - United States


9. Those who work in the automotive industry as well as others, may be familiar with the term "robotics" or mechanical robots. We get the word "robot" from which of the following venues?
    a thought process
    a book
    a play
    an animal


10. English grammar can be quite confusing to those attempting to learn it as a second language.
Heck, those of us who attempt to use it as a first language ain't doin' so hot with it, either sometimes, (case in point).

Anyway, the word grammar comes into our language from which OTHER language(s)?
    Urdu/Hindi/Paki
    German/Dutch/Afrikaans
    Polish/Uzbek/Russian
    French/Scottish/Greek


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Compiled May 23 13