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Have you ever wondered why foreigners have trouble with the English Language?
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Let's face it
( {: t2 @- }% M/ R: K$ F1 d% y, KEnglish is a stupid language.! F5 D! ~7 Z" [- y* ~9 p# i K
There is no egg in the eggplant
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+ x+ U6 j% x5 r }$ \" j' zAnd neither pine nor apple in the pineapple.6 e s, u; F* m, z' P
English muffins were not invented in England
) u& O0 l' l. n3 e2 x+ t3 n0 V+ o( RFrench fries were not invented in France.
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6 h1 Z9 P W2 L! F3 ^+ b6 R1 vWe sometimes take English for granted: h: b2 v6 W( P6 V% E& [# H" l
But if we examine its paradoxes we find that* ^ T% A2 ]/ U" n; c( u
Quicksand takes you down slowly
7 I* x. D7 o* W$ F% ZBoxing rings are square9 j! X% h( V' `* m6 j; w/ A
And a guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig. / a( _5 N5 U3 L5 y
. ?# S) G o! J V8 V* o7 s- kIf writers write, how come fingers don't fing.
1 | Y. p8 G( h% e' ~0 pIf the plural of tooth is teeth
" j T6 A" O; }5 j* n+ C. r* b7 \Shouldn't the plural of phone booth be phone beeth
2 {' W9 d# h" L/ y6 P' k+ mIf the teacher taught,
! u: R+ b4 t' a& h3 zWhy didn't the preacher praught.
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If a vegetarian eats vegetables
! v. t( I" w. H' |9 f# rWhat the heck does a humanitarian eat!?1 ^! h* D4 e& B# w
Why do people recite at a play9 u- {" e0 X6 l2 J
Yet play at a recital?
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Drive on parkways- H# T! d3 E! `9 u( G/ ~
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You have to marvel at the unique lunacy
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It burns down
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3 z. o' w% v% M# p/ H, IBy filling it out
P. _) e7 @, [1 ~And a bell is only heard once it goes!
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English was invented by people, not computers
. S4 g: `/ g; eAnd it reflects the creativity of the human race
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That is why
0 W2 H' \( \! Y" f# ^5 `When the stars are out they are visible
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And why it is that when I wind up my watch
) t0 B# O$ ~8 q9 vIt starts- m( ~! ~1 P7 M: y& j4 A* {2 l
But when I wind up this observation,
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