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Have you ever wondered why foreigners have trouble with the English Language?% q+ `- Y1 P: ~ L4 D4 [
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Let's face it
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There is no egg in the eggplant
! ?9 b! H4 z7 WNo ham in the hamburger
7 U! `8 [1 `3 X. J& }7 c/ eAnd neither pine nor apple in the pineapple.( g' e1 v* S5 _; J
English muffins were not invented in England
. a0 Q+ x# b j6 ? z5 o: iFrench fries were not invented in France.
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We sometimes take English for granted% S8 y% D1 _: X& a
But if we examine its paradoxes we find that) b6 M8 h1 B }2 q' n, s; @, N
Quicksand takes you down slowly+ e0 b: X/ p' b/ b% e$ k; ]
Boxing rings are square
6 ]/ A# Z5 O9 g% P( ]And a guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig. , D3 F& K h5 ?: V
5 O4 m, |6 d4 E8 N+ [3 f" | l- tIf writers write, how come fingers don't fing.
7 t$ o& e2 ^0 w' w; w8 r7 r4 kIf the plural of tooth is teeth8 {( v. A4 F$ {) X8 Z9 L
Shouldn't the plural of phone booth be phone beeth
0 H+ R5 u- J3 P$ }1 K/ i* m9 _, VIf the teacher taught,6 z& l( r9 E, x3 y; F
Why didn't the preacher praught.' o S4 m; w) q0 }+ N
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If a vegetarian eats vegetables" \! B6 c9 K0 \) A; V U9 f- r B
What the heck does a humanitarian eat!?
1 @! Q; @4 o2 q* }1 ~/ |Why do people recite at a play8 F" r# A8 H1 V9 k% v
Yet play at a recital?
2 U" d5 M. A, S& E/ mPark on driveways and: ?; _. V# G0 M a @. J* G
Drive on parkways
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You have to marvel at the unique lunacy
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) x- @9 g* v; D% z* q* VIt burns down
Z6 N( T* }9 |, ~# Z+ O( `: {& YAnd in which you fill in a form
' A) c) `) u; }5 F7 ~6 |2 m0 A# rBy filling it out* n5 P8 S# t2 U
And a bell is only heard once it goes!
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English was invented by people, not computers: j( [! Y, S& p
And it reflects the creativity of the human race2 |( n/ p7 T3 t: w
(Which of course isn't a race at all)) j9 B$ `* f; h. E) G0 m
% w# ^6 q" s* A* b- R9 i( v% yThat is why/ f8 S5 s4 \# Y3 j4 F+ a6 x
When the stars are out they are visible8 h7 L) q9 O9 G" L+ e$ y* l) ~
But when the lights are out they are invisible. C5 p6 t8 I! ]
And why it is that when I wind up my watch+ \8 [) y+ [5 Q
It starts3 v. P* \: m* d* C% g f! x
But when I wind up this observation,
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