Why is a building called a building?

[Beef Squatthrust]

After one is finished building it, shouldn't it be called a built?

 

[T'Baio]

Wow...that's amazing. No one has ever thought that before. Kudos to you.

 

[1001001]

If the plural of tooth is teeth, then why isn't the plural of booth, beeth?

 

[T'Baio]

So what's the singular of geek?

My apologies to the Vietnamese in the house.

 

[ThankQ]

After one is finished building it, shouldn't it be called a built?

Man Lardpecks.

 

[The Boy Who Cried Worf]

If the plural of tooth is teeth, then why isn't the plural of booth, beeth?

Moosen! Many much moosen!

 

[Ar-Pharazon]

A møøsen once bit my sister....

 

[Zulu Romeo]

After one is finished building it, shouldn't it be called a built?

"Building" is a noun and the present participle of the word build. The noun implies that it is a thing put into planned existence by the verb. In this way its noun also means the art of that which is created. Much like the word "painting."

It's not as easy as that, and there are so many different rules for different words. Perhaps that's why English is not as easy language to master as, say, Latin, which has a smaller number of easy to follow rules.

 

[JonathonWally]

Someone smoked the good shit tonight?

Enjoy

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[Ar-Pharazon]

After one is finished building it, shouldn't it be called a built?

"Building" is a noun and the present participle of the word build. The noun implies that it is a thing put into planned existence by the verb. In this way its noun also means the art of that which is created. Much like the word "painting."

It's not as easy as that, and there are so many different rules for different words. Perhaps that's why English is not as easy language to master as, say, Latin, which has a smaller number of easy to follow rules.

English is a bastardized language after all. With roots from pretty much every other older language (at least European ones).

 

[RandyS]

Why is mustard called mustard? Why isn't it called evil?

 

[ThankQ]

English is a bastardized language after all. With roots from pretty much every other older language (at least European ones).

Why is mustard called mustard? Why isn't it called evil?

Mustard is descended from French's.

 

[Zulu Romeo]

English is a bastardized language after all. With roots from pretty much every other older language (at least European ones).

Why is mustard called mustard? Why isn't it called evil?

Mustard is descended from French's.

Growing up as a wee bairn in Scotland, we were taught from an early age that "the English are mustards." Or at least that's what I thought they were saying... my hearing wasn't very good back then.

 

[ThankQ]

Could have been "custards".

 

[Commander Rabbit]

After one is finished building it, shouldn't it be called a built?

<groan>

 

[Ar-Pharazon]

They're called fingers, but they don't fing.

 

[Zulu Romeo]

They're called fingers, but they don't fing.

But we can do ANYfing with them.

 

[ThankQ]

That's f'ing stupid.

 

[Trekker4747]

After one is finished building it, shouldn't it be called a built?

Your username made me laugh.

Your question. Sigh.

Words have different meanings.

 

[T'Baio]

Trekker4747 loves him a beef squatthrust.