Using the word 'beef'
@allknowing (136401)
India
February 24, 2023 3:13am CST
I have always said English is a funny language. Take for example the word 'beef' that has a different meaning under different circumstances
When you say 'beef up' it is to add weight, strength, or power to something
And then you know beef is cattle meat. Did you also know when someone says they have a beef with someone it means they have a grudge/problem or argument?
When I come across such things I do feel English is a funny language?
What say?
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@LadyDuck (471500)
• Switzerland
24 Feb 23
I think we do not realize that we have the same funny saying in our own language.
Cabbage is a vegetable, we call it cavolo in Italian and Saying "non vale un cavolo" (it's worth a cabbage) means that has no value at all. "non capisce un cavolo" (to understand "a cabbage") being so ignorant not to be able to understand a phrase.
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@allknowing (136401)
• India
24 Feb 23
But in the case of cabbage it is understood that it has not much value and the sayings point towards that But in the case of beef just see there is absolutely no relevance
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@LadyDuck (471500)
• Switzerland
24 Feb 23
@allknowing Beef is a strong animal and eating beef give you strength in my opinion it makes sense, even considering that it is an expensive meat.
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@allknowing (136401)
• India
24 Feb 23
Why does embarrassment has two 'r's and two 's's but harassed has just one'r' Why not bookay rather than bouquet 
Hindi for example spellings are phonetic
Hindi for example spellings are phonetic2 people like this
@Fleura (30391)
• United Kingdom
24 Feb 23
@allknowing Often, because the words have been adopted from other languages. Bouquet is of course a French word.
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@coolimrose (539)
• New Zealand
24 Feb 23
Indeed, that's what makes it so charming. This is a good example that explains the unique character of beef in various ways. People have often found ingenious ways to use words due to a lack of extensive vocabulary. Often people spoke about what was expected and accepted by the company they kept. Studying language roots can be quite intensive, but for me, it was darn boring.
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@allknowing (136401)
• India
24 Feb 23
It is like ask no questions you will get no answers and English is such a language.
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@allknowing (136401)
• India
24 Feb 23
@Fleura One can go to the root (or route) but that would be time consuming.
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@snowy22315 (180694)
• United States
24 Feb 23
It is, and one hard to learn or so I have heard.
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@allknowing (136401)
• India
25 Feb 23
Not difficult to learn if one has the exposure
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@allknowing (136401)
• India
25 Feb 23
It is just one's exposure that will make it easy to learn the language
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@Lignitecityabishek96 (7119)
• Cuddalore, India
24 Feb 23
Beef up your earnings. 
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@Lignitecityabishek96 (7119)
• Cuddalore, India
24 Feb 23
@allknowing just tried
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@RebeccasFarm (89882)
• Arvada, Colorado
24 Feb 23
Yes in English you can say Beef it Up..meaning fill it up, fill it out, make the most
