Why English is hard to learn
05-12-2009, 02:14 PM
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1: The bandage was wound around the wound
2: The farm was used to produce produce
3: The dump was so full that it had to refuse more refuse
4: Polish the Polish furniture
5: He could lead if he would get the lead out
6: The soldier deserted his dessert in the desert
7: Since there is no time like the present, he thought it was time to present the present
8: A bass was painted on the head of the bass drum
9: When shot at, the dove dove into the bushes
10: I object to the object
11: The insurance was invalid for the invalid
12: There was a row among the oarsmen about how to row
13: They were too close to the door to close it
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2: The farm was used to produce produce
3: The dump was so full that it had to refuse more refuse
4: Polish the Polish furniture
5: He could lead if he would get the lead out
6: The soldier deserted his dessert in the desert
7: Since there is no time like the present, he thought it was time to present the present
8: A bass was painted on the head of the bass drum
9: When shot at, the dove dove into the bushes
10: I object to the object
11: The insurance was invalid for the invalid
12: There was a row among the oarsmen about how to row
13: They were too close to the door to close it
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Found this on the same topic...
We take English for granted. But if we explore its paradoxes, we find that quicksand can work slowly, boxing rings are square and a guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig. And why is it that writers write but fingers don't fing, grocers don't groce and hammers don't ham?
Let's face it - English is a crazy language. There is no egg in eggplant nor ham in hamburger; neither apple nor pine in pineapple. English muffins weren't invented in England or French fries in France. Sweetmeats are candies while sweetbreads, which aren't sweet, are meat.
If the plural of tooth is teeth, why isn't the plural of booth ?beeth??
One goose, 2 geese. So one moose, 2 ?meese??
Doesn't it seem crazy that you can make amends but not one ?amend?.
If you have a bunch of odds and ends and get rid of all but one of them, what do you call it?
If teachers taught, why didn't preachers praught?
If a vegetarian eats vegetables, what does a humanitarian eat?
In what language do people recite at a play and play at a recital? Ship by truck and send cargo by ship? Have noses that run and feet that smell? How can a slim chance and a fat chance be the same, while a wise man and a wise guy are opposites?
That is why, when the stars are out, they are visible, but when the lights are out, they are
invisible.
We take English for granted. But if we explore its paradoxes, we find that quicksand can work slowly, boxing rings are square and a guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig. And why is it that writers write but fingers don't fing, grocers don't groce and hammers don't ham?
Let's face it - English is a crazy language. There is no egg in eggplant nor ham in hamburger; neither apple nor pine in pineapple. English muffins weren't invented in England or French fries in France. Sweetmeats are candies while sweetbreads, which aren't sweet, are meat.
If the plural of tooth is teeth, why isn't the plural of booth ?beeth??
One goose, 2 geese. So one moose, 2 ?meese??
Doesn't it seem crazy that you can make amends but not one ?amend?.
If you have a bunch of odds and ends and get rid of all but one of them, what do you call it?
If teachers taught, why didn't preachers praught?
If a vegetarian eats vegetables, what does a humanitarian eat?
In what language do people recite at a play and play at a recital? Ship by truck and send cargo by ship? Have noses that run and feet that smell? How can a slim chance and a fat chance be the same, while a wise man and a wise guy are opposites?
That is why, when the stars are out, they are visible, but when the lights are out, they are
invisible.
05-12-2009, 02:21 PM
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1: The bandage was wound around the wound
2: The farm was used to produce produce
3: The dump was so full that it had to refuse more refuse
4: Polish the Polish furniture
5: He could lead if he would get the lead out
6: The soldier deserted his dessert in the desert
7: Since there is no time like the present, he thought it was time to present the present
8: A bass was painted on the head of the bass drum
9: When shot at, the dove dove into the bushes
10: I object to the object
11: The insurance was invalid for the invalid
12: There was a row among the oarsmen about how to row
13: They were too close to the door to close it
14: I killed that bear with my bear hands
2: The farm was used to produce produce
3: The dump was so full that it had to refuse more refuse
4: Polish the Polish furniture
5: He could lead if he would get the lead out
6: The soldier deserted his dessert in the desert
7: Since there is no time like the present, he thought it was time to present the present
8: A bass was painted on the head of the bass drum
9: When shot at, the dove dove into the bushes
10: I object to the object
11: The insurance was invalid for the invalid
12: There was a row among the oarsmen about how to row
13: They were too close to the door to close it
14: I killed that bear with my bear hands
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The buck does funny things when the does are present.
A seamstress and a sewer fell down into a sewer line.
To help with planting, the farmer taught his sow to sow.
The wind was too strong to wind the sail.
After a number of injections my jaw got number.
Upon seeing the tear in the painting I shed a tear.
I had to subject the subject to a series of tests.
How can I intimate this to my most intimate friend?
A seamstress and a sewer fell down into a sewer line.
To help with planting, the farmer taught his sow to sow.
The wind was too strong to wind the sail.
After a number of injections my jaw got number.
Upon seeing the tear in the painting I shed a tear.
I had to subject the subject to a series of tests.
How can I intimate this to my most intimate friend?
05-12-2009, 02:49 PM
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Originally Posted by 5_Is_Alive' post='876569' date='May 12 2009, 03:21 PM
1: The bandage was wound around the wound
2: The farm was used to produce produce
3: The dump was so full that it had to refuse more refuse
4: Polish the Polish furniture
5: He could lead if he would get the lead out
6: The soldier deserted his dessert in the desert
7: Since there is no time like the present, he thought it was time to present the present
8: A bass was painted on the head of the bass drum
9: When shot at, the dove dove into the bushes
10: I object to the object
11: The insurance was invalid for the invalid
12: There was a row among the oarsmen about how to row
13: They were too close to the door to close it
14: I killed that bear with my bear hands
2: The farm was used to produce produce
3: The dump was so full that it had to refuse more refuse
4: Polish the Polish furniture
5: He could lead if he would get the lead out
6: The soldier deserted his dessert in the desert
7: Since there is no time like the present, he thought it was time to present the present
8: A bass was painted on the head of the bass drum
9: When shot at, the dove dove into the bushes
10: I object to the object
11: The insurance was invalid for the invalid
12: There was a row among the oarsmen about how to row
13: They were too close to the door to close it
14: I killed that bear with my bear hands
14: I killed that bear with my BARE hands
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Originally Posted by SoCalBimmer' post='876606' date='May 12 2009, 03:49 PM
you mean
14: I killed that bear with my BARE hands
14: I killed that bear with my BARE hands
No... I actually have bear hands...
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Originally Posted by 5_Is_Alive' post='876632' date='May 12 2009, 07:03 PM
No... I actually have bear hands...
Ok, Teddy. We got it.
