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Have you ever wondered why foreigners have trouble with the English Language?5 o `% P+ U( ?2 z8 u: O2 _) i
) E3 m/ S2 c- |9 J- PLet's face it4 t) e a: H% Q8 {! b, q! K; U
English is a stupid language.
/ Q0 v! \* x# g" W0 w- DThere is no egg in the eggplant2 e7 L- B$ s3 D; \
No ham in the hamburger
/ V! x* K5 ~4 g- hAnd neither pine nor apple in the pineapple.
* k9 K t+ ]# EEnglish muffins were not invented in England/ n7 e9 g5 d5 Z K9 h
French fries were not invented in France.
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) _3 B) k8 d! ~& _& c4 ~We sometimes take English for granted0 t2 G9 V0 G' y( S# y- B
But if we examine its paradoxes we find that
/ X& B, ?6 G' F" u! x6 E! D9 I% LQuicksand takes you down slowly9 b" f( z$ p0 H4 H R0 G; m; O1 a
Boxing rings are square
9 g+ H8 E: `5 W l- r6 r8 A! {And a guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig. # \' ]7 l( h% E
3 ]) L4 ^. Y+ }$ j2 l/ X" UIf writers write, how come fingers don't fing.
% d: x; K. D5 R( _2 l: SIf the plural of tooth is teeth, @' ~) @+ B* d. e: \! G, _
Shouldn't the plural of phone booth be phone beeth
* K9 C9 q5 I" v- p! iIf the teacher taught,! V9 x9 V5 X/ A$ o" _
Why didn't the preacher praught.
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4 u, s, h4 H: G, p W1 p3 h$ }If a vegetarian eats vegetables
- }1 a: l. P, `8 k, Z0 |What the heck does a humanitarian eat!?3 V" \- D' p8 l0 x8 @6 h
Why do people recite at a play# Q. F( P3 ?3 k* z
Yet play at a recital?
! }7 c+ C1 M, x2 b% r/ [- QPark on driveways and/ f! X) E2 z: F+ C
Drive on parkways5 ~# u6 Y3 [, M/ z# x p+ t/ f
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You have to marvel at the unique lunacy
8 G0 n9 ? ^% }1 MOf a language where a house can burn up as
9 q" m' l6 K7 i( e) c- V3 o5 vIt burns down
/ W* O. T' t: |' QAnd in which you fill in a form ) y6 E1 i" E, u/ h7 D: R [
By filling it out
. G) j$ H/ ~: Z) h2 w( dAnd a bell is only heard once it goes!
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. {3 E$ Z" X! k5 H, hEnglish was invented by people, not computers
# E9 G" F) w9 n8 A. R4 I4 j, w0 L9 uAnd it reflects the creativity of the human race
! O* c* Z( P2 q* G8 s(Which of course isn't a race at all)
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/ \" [7 m$ y4 N/ M4 [& bThat is why
7 V: L* R7 i6 y+ _, R5 i8 C, VWhen the stars are out they are visible
( c: j5 D0 F6 DBut when the lights are out they are invisible- Y( s- M8 C$ B% `; z2 P) N
And why it is that when I wind up my watch- ~+ _ a7 @: _! [! ^- i4 k
It starts
# J; A- c! H2 k1 ZBut when I wind up this observation,2 X" z6 P6 h/ \% y& ]( T
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