21 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?





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on Aug 11, 2003
The english language and why IT'S so hard to learn



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on Aug 11, 2003
the lingo and whether or not it tis spoken properly is not what is important, it is getting your message across to the other person no matter how you speak it. (that's the only purpose I see for it)
Here we go again how ppl judge others by their proper use of language which is why I keep my mouth shut alot in real life, and never even try to communicate much unless I absolutely have to (batting eyelashes works just fine and you don't have to "spoke" one word) hehe
on Aug 11, 2003
Your batting eyelashes always work on me
on Aug 11, 2003
whatcho talkin bout fuzzy wuzzy... (insert batting eyelashes here)
on Aug 11, 2003
Fuzzy Logic ***SWOON*** I don't remember...
on Aug 11, 2003
seeee works everytime and I get to save face (cuz "my" lingo sucks) hehe!
on Aug 11, 2003
Well, there is an elementary rule in linguistics: the use makes the rule. Which means that in linguistics, the "correct" way is the way most people spell it. So, the question now is, are there more people spelling "colour" or "color"? 290 million Americans, how many English speakers in the rest of the world?  
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on Aug 11, 2003
You need India to make that argument (where English is not the only language natively spoken by the populace). The combined populations of the UK, Ireland, Canada, Australia and NZ ain't enough to do it.



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on Aug 11, 2003
ain't no diff really cause thems not speaking correctly.

Oh... Canada, eh, we can go for a rid down the road for a 2 fer of Blues and pop a couple, eh?

I used to love going over to St Sthephens and hanging out, but now they get all twitchy about it, kinda sad really. Though the US side is the same way when coming back.
on Aug 11, 2003
why is schedule "shedule" when school isn't "shool"??


the archer carried his bow made from a sturdy bough up to the bow of the boat.

as to the comment that english is easier for germanic language types -

if you with a germanic family language started have, then the learning of english in short order undoubtedly very simple will prove.
on Aug 11, 2003
No one's mentioned the California "stoner" accent yet:

Imypingisonmumputernime LIKE fromalifornia.
Translation: I'm typing this on my computer and I'm from California.

I know many people who have learned English as a 2nd language who have better English than some Californians. Also, on a somewhat related note, we might end up with a native Austrian as Governor. That's right. Ahhnold Schwarzenegger. deleted runs away, ashamed of what California might come to with a movie-star governor.
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on Aug 11, 2003
Good grief...why worry about a Movie star Gov. when you had one for Pres?....
on Aug 11, 2003
Paxx....290 million Merrycans makes it 'might is right', of course.....silly me.....
on Aug 11, 2003
Our last movie star governor *became* the Pres. At least that's not possible with Ahhnold thanks to the US Constitution.



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on Aug 11, 2003
If that Constitution was any good you wouldn't get some of the idiot Presidents that you have had to date...
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