willn't

[jimhobbs]

Why do you drive on a parkway; and park on a driveway?

[geo]

why is "will not" wont and not willn't?

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george w.

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[Dilbert]

For the same reason the act of lightning is not lightninging

[horge]

If you are not wont to do something,
does that mean you're wontn't ?

[Dave]

You guys have alot of time on your hands.

[Dwayne]

Same reason tomb, comb, and bomb all sound diferent.

Dwayne

[rshimek]

English is such a work of art...

Consider capitalizing "polish" to "Polish" and it sounds different.

or the old bit of poetry:

"If the plural of mouse is mice,
How come the plural of house ain't hice?
Or if the plural of goose is geese,
How come the plural of moose ain't meese?

Actually lots of interesting history in these oddities should you want to follow it up. Makes the language interesting and entertaining. FYI, some interesting bits of information come on a program called "Krysti the Wordsmith" heard on Public Radio stations.

Cheers, Ron

[Phillstone]

It's probally all Q-balls fault somehow.

[jimhobbs]

hehehehe!

[hesaias]

Who posted the joke about the double positive? the punch line was "Yeah, right!"
Oh man, ROTF!

Jumbo shrimp?

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[Q-ball]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Phillstone:
It's probally all Q-balls fault somehow.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Hey wait a second! I resemble that comment! I'm gonna go take a blue pill, then you're gonna be sorry! http://www.reefcentral.com/smilies/boldlblue.gif

Q!!!

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[OhCrapINeedAName]

What it all boils down to is that English ain't logical, it's traditional. Kinda like government (oops, it just slipped out). ;)

[Fishwife]

Try saying it a couple of times then you'll know. Willn't willn't willn't. The tongue kind of gets stuck to the roof of the mouth behind the teeth. Not a very comfortable word to pronounce - but then, neither is the word "comfortable." :D

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Fishwife

Ouch, what's that burning sensation in my finger tips? Is it nematocysts? Is it electricity? NOOO! It's...PAPERCUTS!!!

[geo]

My four year old says this all the time, I keep correcting him then I thought maybe he has something.
The correct four year old pronunciation of the word is "wilnt"

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