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Have you ever wondered why foreigners have trouble with the English Language?6 `2 w9 C6 X ~# P. f$ s! `" S5 Q# \
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Let's face it
) t; T( O# D9 V5 xEnglish is a stupid language.
7 r5 n5 H E7 x0 SThere is no egg in the eggplant
- W5 J9 [3 [+ tNo ham in the hamburger
( L3 m6 n2 C+ j9 S$ m2 V2 \And neither pine nor apple in the pineapple.
9 G' g7 J" t" s; o* L7 D0 kEnglish muffins were not invented in England
9 k& {' M( d( L/ {+ l9 r: eFrench fries were not invented in France.7 D. I- M. F! p9 r& T0 Q# g3 l' ~
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We sometimes take English for granted
7 ]' u& P4 z0 ^, O" j8 d) WBut if we examine its paradoxes we find that4 [4 e8 T. C6 ?# g/ _
Quicksand takes you down slowly- j. q1 u: q( n& Q& ]1 ]% {! Y! B
Boxing rings are square
5 S5 p, G% Y9 l4 Q) {, h$ o9 Z. fAnd a guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig. % ~5 k3 x" _3 r& m" I# s
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If writers write, how come fingers don't fing.
* c8 ~4 V1 t% H( @If the plural of tooth is teeth8 S4 c& M/ Y& G( j! K
Shouldn't the plural of phone booth be phone beeth
* y6 x" \, K: ], GIf the teacher taught,, A' }% Y+ P; o8 B B4 L
Why didn't the preacher praught./ |" `: n+ ?; o# ~- C" I
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If a vegetarian eats vegetables
/ }+ k) p( e4 g9 \9 J+ DWhat the heck does a humanitarian eat!?
* \: T0 S# l6 ` B: [+ vWhy do people recite at a play w$ i9 p- x" X/ D3 g9 z
Yet play at a recital?
& t( U3 c' V/ P: H. e! H! NPark on driveways and- n* J, z( V" A P6 Y' {+ R
Drive on parkways
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You have to marvel at the unique lunacy1 Y* x: Y: `; e, {
Of a language where a house can burn up as) F' I: M" R3 m3 s; m1 L# R
It burns down) x, }7 [. { o8 c. q* X) x
And in which you fill in a form
1 S) @- }5 T- _5 _6 Y8 m8 k- dBy filling it out" \$ A: d4 a8 Q4 D& N Y
And a bell is only heard once it goes!
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" R" ?# N. c. L6 _; P0 E, c0 F" ^English was invented by people, not computers
9 H& V1 X" D, ?/ M `- x iAnd it reflects the creativity of the human race
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That is why4 D6 ]. X8 k* o) f
When the stars are out they are visible
9 ~0 Y) o2 r, `But when the lights are out they are invisible1 ~8 Q, n! g U. T* }( Z& L
And why it is that when I wind up my watch
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But when I wind up this observation,
4 _( F6 o4 \' k# ?It ends. |
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