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Have you ever wondered why foreigners have trouble with the English Language?
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Let's face it
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( m9 T) o A1 y* C% P( mThere is no egg in the eggplant' T+ Z8 S) p( Z: N0 M7 T& ~, ~2 x. e* h
No ham in the hamburger
# e7 S) {) }( m, fAnd neither pine nor apple in the pineapple.5 ~) n9 V+ s, }0 V9 B9 G
English muffins were not invented in England
4 i4 M- y. m3 |* H. `4 sFrench fries were not invented in France.
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7 O; |7 j+ J$ q/ L8 l8 [6 RWe sometimes take English for granted8 y& w$ D' c0 A8 g8 `) t- y) b. `
But if we examine its paradoxes we find that
" S& h- P* `+ A+ H, hQuicksand takes you down slowly
: @/ X v/ Z5 E3 B0 o$ C4 }Boxing rings are square& i3 y# ~7 t- Q" d1 F) k7 c
And a guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig. ' b9 F% W# x% Z2 n
5 J/ V9 i0 B# Y2 QIf writers write, how come fingers don't fing., O: u, ?& N' N
If the plural of tooth is teeth
0 \. _; p8 k7 n) KShouldn't the plural of phone booth be phone beeth
/ t }8 r2 i9 n5 E0 ]0 l& `If the teacher taught,7 [8 g, L- T4 y6 H8 ^. a \3 G2 `
Why didn't the preacher praught.
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If a vegetarian eats vegetables3 W+ N4 C% J; P: y; I( n: w1 \
What the heck does a humanitarian eat!?( U) F) M0 K5 ?9 }( \4 r
Why do people recite at a play
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Park on driveways and
7 Q" w* f# f+ fDrive on parkways4 }" ~& C' H$ {( \
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You have to marvel at the unique lunacy7 Y. w( B' u9 `5 H
Of a language where a house can burn up as& ^* F% u& \$ R/ W
It burns down
8 E4 g( M1 j- x: P" LAnd in which you fill in a form 3 ~* V" t1 p5 k' f
By filling it out
, `. x I$ g2 v7 pAnd a bell is only heard once it goes!; [: B4 ~" P8 q6 F: a
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English was invented by people, not computers
, d' T9 [3 [6 P3 jAnd it reflects the creativity of the human race3 a7 S3 H/ x' W7 @
(Which of course isn't a race at all)
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+ ^5 K8 f+ V! NThat is why
4 w3 [, n" u( f. I3 b' r9 ?When the stars are out they are visible
0 i. w. A: `& j2 V1 x" i0 P CBut when the lights are out they are invisible
# L: @4 @+ j* x( kAnd why it is that when I wind up my watch9 _) }3 \8 F; y. o# W
It starts( A1 e0 l9 ?+ K
But when I wind up this observation,
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