Quote Originally Posted by Yora View Post
Why is swarm pronounced "suarm", but sword as "sord"?
Because it's the English language.

Quote Originally Posted by Hazzardevil View Post
Then why do people persist in the belief that we should eat burssel sprouts?
Because sprouts are tasty.


Quote Originally Posted by Kobold-Bard View Post
Who came up with the names for things? Who decided that a tomato was called a tomato, rather than a grape or a mountain?
Whoever got to them first, for the most part.