Why English is such a difficult language
REASONS WHY THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE IS HARD TO LEARN
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. We must polish the Polish furniture
5. He could lead if he would get the lead out.
6. The soldier decided to desert 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 did not 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. The buck does funny things when the does are present.
15. A seamstress and a sewer fell down into a sewer line.
16. To help with planting, the farmer taught his sow to sow.
17. The wind was too strong to wind the sail.
18. After a number of injections my jaw got number
19. Upon seeing the tear in the painting, I shed a tear.
20. I had to subject the subject to a series of tests.
21. How can I intimate this to my most intimate friend?
Lets’ face it – English is a crazy language.
There is no egg in eggplant, nor ham in hambuger; neither pine nor apple in pineapple.
English muffins weren’t invented in England, and French fries aren’t French.
Sweetmeats are candies while sweetbreads, which aren’t sweet, are meat.
We take English for granted. But if we explore 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?
If the plural of tooth is teeth, why isn’t the plural of booth beeth?
One goose, two geese; so, one moose, two meese? One index, two indices?
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?
We ship by truck and send cargo by ship; We have noses that run and feet that smell!
You have to marvel at the unique lunacy of a language in which your house can burn up as it burns down, in which you fill in a form by filling it out, and in which an alarm goes off by going on.
i almost fell of my chair ... Vindow .. hahahahahahahaaaaaaaaaaa
Reminds me of a joke..
A Sardar was in in prison with another guy playing I Spy with my little eye..
After a couple of rounds of guessing and answering correctly.
The Sardar said, I spy with my little eye some thing beginning with V in this cell.
His cellmate was baffled and made a few guesses which were all incorrect accordingly to the Sardar ji. After hours of guessing the other guy gives up and ask's what is it in this Cell that starts with a V.
On which the Sardar clamly replies (wait for this)
V for Vindow..:)
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HE WHO DARES WINS
ALRIGHT/ALL RIGHT
The correct form of this phrase has become so rare in the popular press that many readers have probably never noticed that it is actually two
words. But if you want to avoid irritating traditionalists you'd better
tell them that you feel "all right" rather than "alright."
I SAW a SAW that SAW
1st SAW = Past of See (VERB)
2nd SAW = a tool for cutting trees or wood (Noun)
3rd SAW = the verb of SAW
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CAN A B C ??? (wuts that, confusing in pronounciation)
let's see the true words
CAN A BEE SEE???
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CAN a CAN be CANNED in a CAN?? WTF????
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Do u SEE the SEA??
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Never trouble troubles until trouble troubles you
Weired, Isn't it??
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I'm Parking my car in the parking lot and not in the park
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Switch off (or on) the light
While in the same time it's TURN OFF (OR ON) the TV
which is right and which is wrong??? both are having SWITCHES
How about to TURN ME ON??? (do i have a switch too)
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What is the plural of the word "ZOO" is it "ZOOS"
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The letter "W" why it's called "Double U" although it's written as "Double V"
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Why it's written "VOLEX WAGEN" when the right pronunciation is "VOLEX VAGEN"
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Can you write with ur right hand right now??
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It's really a crazy language but i love it ...
oh well...
I liked the post Ypost. Good one!
Whatever you vividly imagine, Ardently desire, Sincerely believe and Enthusiastically act upon, Must inevitably come to pass.
try the tongue twister to practice your english
here's an example:
mori
morcia
morgue
morto
mormon
do it repeatedly
Thanx Max, though I must admit, someone else sent this to me :)
"Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're gonna get" - Forrest Gump
I've been working on English for decades, roughly from around the time I was born, and still struggling through it! Well written, YPostma!
Max
This thread reminded me of one person who asked me of what I'm doing..
"What makes you today?"
^_^
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..people don't care how much you know until they know how much you care..
same same - the same (eng)
how much your name - what is your name (eng)
where is this your car - where's your car(eng)
when are you now - where are you now(eng)
sawasawa - snake (tagalog)...lol
write a letter to your friend...
hello dear,
hope you are in well, i m in the same well....;-)
You can't see light when they say "The light is out" but but you can see stars when " The stars are out"
he...he...he.."Rain in Spain stays mainly in the plain" reminds me of 'My Fair lady'.
so what do you think is the SANE language instead?
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why english is such a difficult language?,
coz it's used by "difficult" people
whereas, simple words spoken by simpletons...
^_^ imho
lo0o0ol.........good one qatariboy
i ddidnt mean tht........i mean, for other example of language..... try to heard this ppl in irian jaya language.........it felt like they have a jungle language like TARZAN....
I wish more native english speakers would realise how complex our language actually is for non native english speakers who use it as a second language.
Many managers I worked with got so frustrated with the difficulties communicating. I always advised them to just simplify the language they used with people without dumbing it down as that is just patronizing,or resorting to pidgin english.
Silvia.so TARAZAN was iranian,is that what u r implying??lool
umm-salayum.Chinese and Jpanese are completely a diff story.we write left to right,they write top to bottom,and their letters are complicated to write,gosh no way.am sorry but english not crazy loool
There is no egg in eggplant, nor ham in hambuger; neither pine nor apple in pineapple.
neither is there corn on corned beef...
;P
u should hear ppl from IRIAN JAYA........they used the language of TARZAN i guess.......
I wouldnt say its a wellknown word.
And English is made up of all sorts of different languages, due to all the different countries that have invaded it over the millenia.
Oh and sweetmeats are candies ???
WRONG. they are just called sweets.
#18, I think the saying is "my Jaw WENT NUMB" not 'jaw got number'
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I think you have me confused with someone who gives a sh1t.
qatariboy ,lol so true, that sound just crazy Chinese or did you ever hear the native Australian speak, wow. crazy stuff
Why do you get in a car but on a bus?
If english is crazy,what about japanese or chinese??helloooooooooooooooooooooooooo.
English is Funglish always
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peace.
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"You cannot propel yourself forward by patting yourself on the back."
i guess we can go on with that list. like why ,do you spell sugar not like that schugar , or knife, like nife , why is it huge not juge and so on. English is a language made out of a lot of other languages, they have Kindergarten, Gesundheit , Schadenfreude, which are German words. and so much more confusing stuff,...ugh