The Crazy things about English

Did you know that a verb can also be a noun? 

How can you look up words in a dictionary if you can't spell them?

If a word is misspelled in a dictionary, how would we ever know? 

If two mouses are mice, and two louses are lice, why aren't two houses hice?

If Webster wrote the first dictionary, where did he find the words?

It's a coincidence that the only 15-letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is "uncopyrightable." 

Is there another word for a synonym? 

Shouldn't there be a shorter word for "monosyllabic"?

Why do "fat chance" and "slim chance" mean the same thing? 

Why do "overlook" and "oversee" mean opposite things? 

Why do people use the word "irregardless"? 

Why do we say things are "out of order" when they are broken but never say they are "in of order" when they work? 

How do "slow down" and "slow up" mean the same thing?

How do "flammable" and "inflammable" mean the same thing?

Why don't we say 'why' instead of 'how come'?

Why is "abbreviation" such a long word? 

Why is it that we recite at a play and play at a recital?

Why is it that writers write and readers read, but fingers don't fing, grocers don't groce, or hammers don't ham?

Why isn't palindrome spelled the same way backwards?