ENGLISH - just CRAZY Language

[Stan]

If you ever feel stupid, then just read on. If you've learned to speak

fluent English, you must be a genius! This little treatise on the

lovely language we share is only for the brave. Pursue at your leisure,

English lovers. Reasons why the English language is so 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?

[Michelle]

Excellent! I'll print it out and take it to my students. They will go absolutely crazy trying to say these! I'll blame you!

M

[Paula]

Hey!!

I got through it in about 45 seconds!!! Got them all right!! Wohooo!!! But then again, I LOVE this sort of thing!

[olger]

Wow. What a messed up language... My German friend Ewald may be right.

gcw