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Have you ever wondered why foreigners have trouble with the English Language?
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Let's face it# S" |# h3 H3 f. _! ?
English is a stupid language.
+ |% A! s% d) `, rThere is no egg in the eggplant: a$ |9 W D* z3 m9 C
No ham in the hamburger
4 `/ D( l. p- [" C$ ]# P- v5 h+ q/ l* EAnd neither pine nor apple in the pineapple.
& q4 V% v. Q9 m0 V4 {English muffins were not invented in England& y5 w9 w/ I0 }6 P& B
French fries were not invented in France. M1 G8 J3 w9 \
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We sometimes take English for granted
0 V& d( d" { }. `4 D0 e6 ^But if we examine its paradoxes we find that5 N/ O- U, d H5 I
Quicksand takes you down slowly& y Q# b( x! I% Q$ e
Boxing rings are square
8 H! n' b) y5 d4 o7 W/ _/ lAnd a guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig. # b9 F% Y; M1 L1 v
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If writers write, how come fingers don't fing.
9 S( ?2 J) x! @3 _7 NIf the plural of tooth is teeth. ?& ~+ S8 M" s* x. a
Shouldn't the plural of phone booth be phone beeth
" `! M' ?: x, D& s2 D) i* U; cIf the teacher taught,
+ X+ S1 H0 b% c; a5 e! HWhy didn't the preacher praught.
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, D; `, c* y6 m1 b4 HIf a vegetarian eats vegetables
& x3 p0 A; U* \7 H$ i% z* VWhat the heck does a humanitarian eat!?
( k) ?# p& z8 F) `5 M& v( PWhy do people recite at a play
1 w9 T' z% I% b0 G) e$ a5 Z& A( T, B3 C6 _Yet play at a recital?
0 X+ F6 `+ y* |/ T! m& F- z3 LPark on driveways and
9 M, O: p' K" D: J9 F' U8 ^7 \Drive on parkways
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You have to marvel at the unique lunacy3 f. O) B+ }1 q% |& ~/ m
Of a language where a house can burn up as1 I. j% H( c1 r5 N7 T. C% }
It burns down/ k* L' `) ]1 e
And in which you fill in a form
$ i. t8 Q/ |- ~By filling it out5 r' b$ d( q d, v1 h
And a bell is only heard once it goes!4 V V1 b- K0 Z S' h5 J, U1 j. F$ g
$ P, Q9 T$ l, b, l; f% g4 HEnglish was invented by people, not computers" [3 s# o1 `0 I& f; r
And it reflects the creativity of the human race3 r9 s Z7 x; V+ l; w6 e# w0 R8 T
(Which of course isn't a race at all)* r# d2 A/ A$ ~& ~
/ k) A' V' T5 Z7 }: N2 y; D6 qThat is why
: f9 x* Y4 w" x( u6 q1 e/ WWhen the stars are out they are visible( M% f( K- X) _& Y
But when the lights are out they are invisible
/ p4 }6 n* O% O; bAnd why it is that when I wind up my watch
( R W: u8 x" s+ XIt starts
/ G# \0 L% N& U( |# b5 VBut when I wind up this observation,
# f* z f, D G0 a8 }* WIt ends. |
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