English

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If you've learned fluent English then you must be a genius!

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 would be in the lead if his boots were not made of lead
6)The soldier decided to dessert his dessert in the dessert
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)I did not object to the object
10) The insurance was invalid for the invalid
11) There was a row among the oarsmen about how to row
12) They were too close to the door to close it
13) The buck does funny things when the does are present
14) The wind was too strong to wind the sail up
15)After a number of injections my jaw got number

There is no egg in eggplant nor ham in hamburger; neither apple nor pine in pineapple.
English muffins weren't invented in England or French fries in France (surprise!).
Sweetmeats are candy while sweetbread, which aren't sweet are meat.

Quicksand works slowly, boxing rings are square and guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig. And why is it that writers write but fingers don't fing, grocers don't groce and hammers don't ham?

If the plural of tooth is teeth, why isn't the plural of booth beeth? [font

 

[kwepnuizicriwteud]

It would leave you tongue toed to read that lot quickly!

Shouldn't number 6 read:

6)The soldier decided to dessert his dessert in the desert

 

[Ashley Riggs]

I think it should read:

6)The soldier decided to desert his dessert in the desert

 

[hot lips]

I think you're right - I didn't notice - I had it emailed to me!