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Have you ever wondered why foreigners have trouble with the English Language?
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- i3 g9 s4 m0 K# e2 U7 k( g4 C" n8 ULet's face it. k' E1 M% p* ^
English is a stupid language.
! a& U+ ^$ g# q/ RThere is no egg in the eggplant; `* p* ^' f6 }+ a
No ham in the hamburger5 o; J9 D6 y% I& w$ b
And neither pine nor apple in the pineapple.
# {5 O0 |) \# Z' o9 YEnglish muffins were not invented in England' z8 j) v' |) L* ~7 R7 J6 [4 ` W
French fries were not invented in France.* l" G5 t. }: M9 t/ j/ H
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We sometimes take English for granted
: ^+ z) y1 @6 @$ J# `' X9 O) S4 UBut if we examine its paradoxes we find that
5 x7 q) U. _6 R( M7 g& ^Quicksand takes you down slowly2 m k/ n9 f" c" @+ K9 J5 h
Boxing rings are square# J; @/ g1 s, D5 @5 W3 m
And a guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig.
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% [# M# U* }2 g+ d. LIf writers write, how come fingers don't fing.
R: B/ G3 K& U! @% t( yIf the plural of tooth is teeth
9 F9 q7 w H! c. eShouldn't the plural of phone booth be phone beeth
7 r( ^% m$ o9 V- \( J! bIf the teacher taught,( E/ v: S: d O* p+ n7 t- ]. m0 L
Why didn't the preacher praught.
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If a vegetarian eats vegetables! g0 D) {; V; r% K7 H! M1 C: i( U- D
What the heck does a humanitarian eat!?
4 F# N7 @" b- D! G4 z# v' uWhy do people recite at a play# a3 N* b* E5 j3 I8 n. @+ G
Yet play at a recital?
. z4 _+ O4 n1 u( yPark on driveways and; Y$ m; n% d0 s9 d! {. r3 L- C
Drive on parkways
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You have to marvel at the unique lunacy
" E; {% k0 }' l, _3 eOf a language where a house can burn up as
2 V; D' u, @! x; f- ^It burns down; w; U! y) Q9 {+ c) ?4 A! o, C
And in which you fill in a form 1 q% e/ e) y6 s* g5 i& Z0 T
By filling it out3 p# t: Y: `% z! j, b! b
And a bell is only heard once it goes!+ {, O# g5 G% q9 w. q5 O; M
/ L4 y" j, O+ V4 ?) `+ o/ hEnglish was invented by people, not computers
+ K! ?5 E: c% J- X7 _And it reflects the creativity of the human race
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' ~# O6 g% t7 h7 o$ Z$ HThat is why
! e; J( ]9 Z6 ?3 ]* ]/ [6 fWhen the stars are out they are visible$ {! H7 D. s s3 b" @8 ?
But when the lights are out they are invisible* r" |- @8 Z$ m
And why it is that when I wind up my watch
! a2 U* I" z) V, sIt starts" Y- [/ ~+ c% B$ Y5 h- q, ^( E- l
But when I wind up this observation,7 l! J5 N, ~9 K) C
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