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Have you ever wondered why foreigners have trouble with the English Language?
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Let's face it
* p7 d2 j" V4 iEnglish is a stupid language.* ] I* ?3 S2 }
There is no egg in the eggplant
+ z, [* j! r, M7 aNo ham in the hamburger3 K& E5 p! K6 S$ k) t F f
And neither pine nor apple in the pineapple.* {5 F" o$ g/ |' k0 I; u+ k
English muffins were not invented in England
+ G5 P3 I$ @" L6 WFrench fries were not invented in France.
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$ d- [2 u" s; f4 YWe sometimes take English for granted
R# p. W! e) h& Q% c1 H/ j) I' hBut if we examine its paradoxes we find that: i' |% W4 s( p8 E5 s2 S1 R& E8 t
Quicksand takes you down slowly
g- x* S8 H2 z0 a/ ~Boxing rings are square
) u( c P4 V$ t1 Z) K) JAnd a guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig. ; [$ q2 i v& s/ [2 X7 t" b' b
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If writers write, how come fingers don't fing., ~) m& U+ i5 L$ b7 Y
If the plural of tooth is teeth
* C7 S6 q( O2 c; h' R/ G* NShouldn't the plural of phone booth be phone beeth
0 n. O: u+ c1 l# H8 f# T j% PIf the teacher taught,
+ X6 v* k" G4 c1 Z+ KWhy didn't the preacher praught.! L% x" z% ^; x# P
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If a vegetarian eats vegetables
5 d( \, [/ p9 t9 j: r+ J- [What the heck does a humanitarian eat!?, b) C5 S6 ]$ o' u5 `8 s0 R- y
Why do people recite at a play: @7 k6 a4 O' l2 ] K0 e* I) x
Yet play at a recital?
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2 c I0 j1 H0 [2 l4 @5 ^; ODrive on parkways
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You have to marvel at the unique lunacy4 H! n; c8 o% G6 ^# Z7 y8 J
Of a language where a house can burn up as9 w, [4 N; g1 [% x' [/ X
It burns down
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By filling it out
, p* w) ]( X4 K1 KAnd a bell is only heard once it goes!
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/ l8 a" X" g% O: T! A: lEnglish was invented by people, not computers
; L$ X1 p3 M/ @4 VAnd it reflects the creativity of the human race( R9 [" v6 \ ?& x) ^6 U
(Which of course isn't a race at all); q- Z3 b# j/ ^
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That is why1 p3 y# b$ a& b/ n) ^* @* _+ b! K
When the stars are out they are visible
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And why it is that when I wind up my watch. m/ X7 D9 l% P# h4 A' O
It starts
4 t, k ~" `9 P: z5 b9 {But when I wind up this observation,3 y. w, J6 X3 r* ?
It ends. |
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