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Have you ever wondered why foreigners have trouble with the English Language?
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Let's face it
( i. b3 x! r0 ~5 SEnglish is a stupid language.
" V% y( S5 ]) B( Y* gThere is no egg in the eggplant
2 _3 H+ Q4 P/ r" }# B9 i7 p HNo ham in the hamburger
- N! ]5 W) T! GAnd neither pine nor apple in the pineapple.
" S" R# z) ?& u4 u, ZEnglish muffins were not invented in England
0 d+ X- U( C$ a& |% _French fries were not invented in France.
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! {4 ]$ ]& r) c+ i; m/ TWe sometimes take English for granted' A+ @) c8 v6 { {" W8 t! `$ q
But if we examine its paradoxes we find that
0 G# I$ x# n( H* Y* TQuicksand takes you down slowly
) y1 v6 i8 G0 J9 ^) N) n* r. n$ vBoxing rings are square" {/ A/ V* ^$ h; S0 {6 b
And a guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig. 1 M: x9 k% a7 x8 u7 {4 q
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If writers write, how come fingers don't fing.1 c; Q/ G/ S, g8 _5 H% F
If the plural of tooth is teeth
* B2 ~( F' N" n6 z* P& wShouldn't the plural of phone booth be phone beeth# Z5 m3 O* U+ c7 N
If the teacher taught,
, G* o4 {, v3 K7 VWhy didn't the preacher praught.& p3 _% t/ ], K6 ^) @8 u6 @1 T! }
C5 p, [' h3 ]/ p$ d- KIf a vegetarian eats vegetables0 T- k6 X3 h& \" e
What the heck does a humanitarian eat!?
2 x: J: k2 Z3 B* h' w3 h; KWhy do people recite at a play( [2 |6 u- Z/ Y8 Y# N4 v7 N
Yet play at a recital?6 L6 i9 d; x9 p8 b. p5 t* M0 s7 R
Park on driveways and
" w* l3 y: Q# }; r" F3 ^$ gDrive on parkways
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2 U7 P4 k+ m% q6 J- d% i2 bYou have to marvel at the unique lunacy; s: x: o4 {2 b8 a. V+ D6 t0 F- g
Of a language where a house can burn up as
?! Z, M. e, Q# r9 l6 oIt burns down2 f& d0 p; G8 U0 F& w! x1 C5 B3 ]
And in which you fill in a form ( y" n. `! {9 S/ ]+ e( v; ?# \' T! \/ H! {
By filling it out6 K) c2 a) l7 Q$ ]
And a bell is only heard once it goes!
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English was invented by people, not computers4 l& c0 D" L! S) k& n
And it reflects the creativity of the human race! p8 ^ T! _0 M5 y* {6 F3 x
(Which of course isn't a race at all)+ z# r6 s# @+ y9 ~- `) k
; \7 W5 Z5 I" s WThat is why
( Z8 d& X3 X7 R4 N( ^% tWhen the stars are out they are visible r+ G ?" w* x3 d
But when the lights are out they are invisible
: a6 n5 i3 y# hAnd why it is that when I wind up my watch# \/ C4 i) `: }. E6 m7 v
It starts
' _4 j: J, o! x7 V r- j) jBut when I wind up this observation,
9 \% R6 o ~* v2 h/ K# yIt ends. |
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