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Have you ever wondered why foreigners have trouble with the English Language?2 \( R+ T0 H! ]! ]. @% l
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Let's face it
; V% L. c# [& \. SEnglish is a stupid language.
9 F$ t6 }& ^5 {: E% q9 R4 Y* zThere is no egg in the eggplant9 h5 |4 V7 g# s9 j1 ]
No ham in the hamburger
( w6 R' c' T5 [And neither pine nor apple in the pineapple.
' t& r- Q$ I$ a' \ b8 wEnglish muffins were not invented in England+ U/ I# P* `2 `+ I) o# p9 E9 Q
French fries were not invented in France.
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We sometimes take English for granted
1 ~7 u6 O% K( [; oBut if we examine its paradoxes we find that1 [6 e1 ?. k8 h, }3 [1 m8 E
Quicksand takes you down slowly
7 C# X* k% g ?. [Boxing rings are square" P1 }6 f' U- e6 C0 J+ i, A
And a guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig. * M; @6 _+ u6 v2 C; K
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If writers write, how come fingers don't fing.
* p/ z& s) Y) S3 E, J6 Q- c p% A/ lIf the plural of tooth is teeth
" M( @& z" W% g1 }# G7 _: TShouldn't the plural of phone booth be phone beeth
n4 ?3 ^% ^& I- g& g0 W) TIf the teacher taught,
# k# p9 E5 K2 w2 qWhy didn't the preacher praught. [* J) G' \; n7 z! Z/ {5 |
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If a vegetarian eats vegetables
6 i* Y7 Y+ g4 L( `. ~7 K. JWhat the heck does a humanitarian eat!?
4 B2 { }; G* v5 BWhy do people recite at a play. m9 v1 w7 a; V
Yet play at a recital?0 g/ @7 a. B* ~# c, c: h
Park on driveways and
5 U' c- g3 r* W6 `Drive on parkways0 j/ ?+ E+ a& [; P
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You have to marvel at the unique lunacy3 Q0 P& c) n! Q T, \7 a. r2 ]
Of a language where a house can burn up as# x5 H( e5 Q" _- ? u: s
It burns down2 c/ V9 z- w) N2 a
And in which you fill in a form
$ e; z$ I( ?5 vBy filling it out
( Y' Z2 `5 @8 f6 p, \And a bell is only heard once it goes!
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5 } L3 k2 C* q9 q4 j" CEnglish was invented by people, not computers
: Z' b% X' k; k4 ^ ^And it reflects the creativity of the human race
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That is why' U* e# J, c2 }
When the stars are out they are visible
8 h( V% s6 t& C& {* d+ ?$ ~But when the lights are out they are invisible
3 i( K5 Z4 V! k" V/ C1 x+ MAnd why it is that when I wind up my watch
* q. w7 h2 } I' @! GIt starts
# |' ]4 O6 b' R" N* ?But when I wind up this observation,
) \$ Y) r$ o. V o' B: c5 DIt ends. |
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