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Have you ever wondered why foreigners have trouble with the English Language?
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Let's face it
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/ f1 W. Z8 K( |3 n$ _/ b0 EThere is no egg in the eggplant) }9 k; q$ @- P8 H" X9 w" W
No ham in the hamburger
. \7 {! @) F( [And neither pine nor apple in the pineapple.7 \9 z2 ^5 w, [9 @! S5 e
English muffins were not invented in England
+ a1 r' ^# w" s5 ]. j; G5 dFrench fries were not invented in France.
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We sometimes take English for granted9 F' C, {7 i% u: G) m5 V( _
But if we examine its paradoxes we find that
7 e4 [! [, b* l0 x8 S6 s& J* uQuicksand takes you down slowly
( P/ C2 T4 {0 G: ?6 [Boxing rings are square l" J$ H# p2 L1 j5 t$ l
And a guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig.
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% F) k) B* N0 }6 \- G, I% F1 TIf writers write, how come fingers don't fing.+ v$ u' S6 o% w7 T5 H2 f9 K
If the plural of tooth is teeth8 Z- N+ {7 ]# Z3 I+ G
Shouldn't the plural of phone booth be phone beeth
+ ~: d8 Z: _! J9 f& N# X/ N" zIf the teacher taught,
$ H2 ^+ Z0 ?5 t4 h+ PWhy didn't the preacher praught.; v. p5 L+ F7 ]2 N& m- `
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If a vegetarian eats vegetables1 U" D) B) x) i {* n6 s" C! x% S
What the heck does a humanitarian eat!?, L, S1 K6 u, b, \, d$ f$ F1 w$ @/ b
Why do people recite at a play+ \/ l0 g$ J% j- u' p
Yet play at a recital?
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; E7 r* Y6 p: w. E6 ^0 H6 |2 IDrive on parkways) D, b8 p/ {. n3 ?* u
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You have to marvel at the unique lunacy
% Z) a% N/ T0 R/ I+ GOf a language where a house can burn up as
( D* Y0 ]; o$ F/ FIt burns down
# u/ f. \8 a/ EAnd in which you fill in a form
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And a bell is only heard once it goes! G+ J$ \8 A- n$ b! I1 E
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English was invented by people, not computers2 I1 [; z. r9 }& b8 k; S' ^
And it reflects the creativity of the human race) N) d# w( }2 k4 W
(Which of course isn't a race at all)4 ]/ K- Z6 k( n/ f& u p
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That is why
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But when the lights are out they are invisible0 g" D' @$ S7 W# t. a% D9 d
And why it is that when I wind up my watch
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But when I wind up this observation,- h" Q" K' m$ o: s; j
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