English is the most widely spoken language
in the world. It is the predominant language of the United States, the United
Kingdom, Canada, Australia, Ireland, and New Zealand. There are some idiosyncrasies that can
drive even the most intelligent person crazy. Aside from the most obvious words: your/you're, there/their/they're, to/too/two, who's/whose, who/whom, affect/effect, and all the others that can be confusing to even the most intelligent scholar, there are some that you just have to know because there doesn't seem to be any good explanation.
"Funny English Language" was googled and I was amazed at the sites (not sights) that popped up. I thought I'd share a few with you here:
We must polish the Polish furniture.
The farm was used to produce produce.
The dump was so full that it had to refuse more refuse.
This was a good time to present the present.
The bandage was wound around the wound.
There is no egg in an eggplant no ham in a hamburger
And neither pine nor apple in the pineapple.
English muffins were not invented in EnglandFrench fries were not invented in France.
If writers write, how come fingers don't fing. If the plural of tooth is teeth shouldn't the plural of phone booth be phone beeth
If the teacher taught, why didn't the preacher praught.
If a vegetarian eats vegetables, what the heck does a humanitarian eat!? Why do people recite at a play, yet play at a recital?
Park on driveways and drive on parkways.
You have to marvel at the unique lunacy of a language where a house can burn up as it burns down and in which you fill in a form by filling it out and a bell is only heard once it goes!
English was invented by people, not computers and it reflects the creativity of the human race (Which of course isn't a race at all). That is why when the stars are out they are visible but when the lights are out they are invisible and why it is that when I wind up my watch it starts but when I wind up this observation, it ends.
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