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English English

Forgive me if someone has already posted this. I just got back from a 3-day vacation, and found this in my email

1) The bandage was wound around the wound.


2) The farm was used to produce produce.

3) The dump was so full that it had to refuse more refuse.

4) We must polish the Polish furniture.

5) He could lead if he would get the lead out.

6) The soldier decided to desert his dessert in the desert.

7) Since there is no time like the present, he thought it was time to present the present.

8) A bass was painted on the head of the bass drum.

9) When shot at, the dove dove into the bushes.

10) I did not object to the object.

11) The insurance was invalid for the invalid.

12) There was a row among the oarsmen about how to row .

13) They were too close to the door to close it.

14) The buck does funny things when the does are present.

15) A seamstress and a sewer fell down into a sewer line.

16) To help with planting, the farmer taught his sow to sow.

17) The wind was too strong to wind the sail.

18) Upon seeing the tear in the painting I shed a tear.

19) I had to subject the subject to a series of tests.

20) How can I intimate this to my most intimate friend?

posted on Jan 5, 2011 11:04 AM ()

Comments:

it is commonly held that English is one of the harder languages to learn.

reguards
yer I can barely manage it and its my native tounge pal
bugg
comment by honeybugg on Jan 6, 2011 8:41 AM ()
Then we get into regional customs. I remember a mother from Louisiana being incredulous that her son's little friend's mother bought a turtle for him. She kept saying 'you BOUGHT a turtle?' Meaning why would someone pay good money for an animal so plentiful, and the other mother thought she was questioning the value of having a turtle for a pet as in: "you bought a TURTLE?"
reply by troutbend on Jan 6, 2011 5:53 PM ()
And here I thought you were on permanent vacation!
Add this one (mine) to the list: My son-in-law farms to produce produce!
comment by solitaire on Jan 6, 2011 6:52 AM ()
That's a good one. I'd like to think of some of my own, but I'm stuck. We've got some more vacations coming up.
reply by troutbend on Jan 6, 2011 5:54 PM ()
We saw this in our family. Ellie spoke good English and as a matter of
fact taught English as a second language in Russia. Our slang words that
we grew up with were alien to her. I must say that she learned quickly.
comment by elderjane on Jan 6, 2011 5:25 AM ()
My dad and some of his cousins had their own way of putting words together, sometimes nobody knew what they were talking about. I thought it was just him, then I met them, and realized it was a family thing.
reply by troutbend on Jan 6, 2011 6:05 PM ()
This certainly tickled this English major!
comment by marta on Jan 5, 2011 7:14 PM ()
I'm sure you've heard Garrison Keillor's English major skits. I always enjoy those.
reply by troutbend on Jan 5, 2011 8:41 PM ()
And yet we speak English for the most part without getting confused. The brain is a wonderful thing.
comment by tealstar on Jan 5, 2011 2:38 PM ()
Yes, it is. Hope you're all doing fine down there in the far south, the kitties and Ed.
reply by troutbend on Jan 5, 2011 8:40 PM ()
The English language is the only one that is not a pure language but a compilation of many others. That is why it is the hardest to learn.
comment by timetraveler on Jan 5, 2011 2:22 PM ()
I love listening to other languages that use the occasional word I recognize, and I'm not talking about 'amigo' I mean like 'lickety-split' - some slangy thing that probably was coined in America.
reply by troutbend on Jan 5, 2011 8:33 PM ()
Love these! They are known as 'Homonyym's' (words which are spelled the same but have a different meaning).
'I wind the wool onto a spool, while my clothes blow briskly in the wind'.
I think Chinese is an easier language to learn than English!
comment by augusta on Jan 5, 2011 12:58 PM ()
Dr. Seuss wrote something using homonyms, I just can't remember what it was called.
reply by troutbend on Jan 5, 2011 8:45 PM ()
These are good!
comment by kristilyn3 on Jan 5, 2011 12:41 PM ()
They're a lot of fun.
reply by troutbend on Jan 5, 2011 8:46 PM ()
good post and English is confusing for sure
comment by anacoana on Jan 5, 2011 11:57 AM ()
I like this kind of thing.
reply by troutbend on Jan 5, 2011 8:47 PM ()
This is tongue twisted.Welcome home.
comment by fredo on Jan 5, 2011 11:12 AM ()
Thanks, the cat is glad to see us.
reply by troutbend on Jan 5, 2011 8:34 PM ()

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