Can you read these right the first time?
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?
2006-07-28 08:28:44 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
I can read them but it's hilarious to say that English is easy.
2006-07-28 08:35:04 · answer #1 · answered by Future Man 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ok, for the record, and from a linguistic point of view (*clearing throat*) All languages are different and difficult in their own way. There are some easy things in English, like gender, where words are not assigned a gender, and in other languages (those I know: French, Spanish, German and Russian) you have gender, sometimes two, sometimes three, and not always the same gender from one language to the next. On the other hand, from speakers of a particular language, English pronunciation can be very difficult, because of all the different spellings for the same sound, while in German, or Russian, once you learn what the letters sound like, you can pretty much pronounce anything, even if you don't have the faintest idea what it means.
Off my language-teaching soapbox now.
2006-07-28 11:12:16 · answer #2 · answered by nellierslmm 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
So you found 20 or so double meanings.
English is a piece of P*ss to learn.
Try one of the easier languages like Polish.
Chrzaszcz brzmi w trzcinie w Szczebrzeszynie.
When you can translate that one, Have a moan about English.
2006-07-28 08:42:55 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I can read them all easy enough, but then again, I have known English all my life that I can remember. Although, English is supposedly the hardest language for anyone to learn. Every rule in the language has exceptions, plus we combine many languages into our own.
2006-07-28 08:35:05 · answer #4 · answered by Icy U 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes I can, however I have spoken and read the english language my whole life. English is the most difficult language to learn on the planet. You should also spell check......just a hint....:)
2006-07-28 08:49:02 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
children in china learn 5 languages from the age of 4 so it cannot be that hard
2006-07-28 08:33:08 · answer #6 · answered by clairebtint 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pavic is right. You don't have an idea how complicated and difficult other languages can be.
I know. I speak several languages other than English.
2006-07-28 08:34:15 · answer #7 · answered by Hi y´all ! 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yea, it's easy, i can read those lines, though I'm not a native speaker. actually, i think English is the easiest language on the planet!
2006-07-28 08:31:58 · answer #8 · answered by ♫Pavic♫ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yea that takes both eyes to read but normally you will not see a sentence like that.
2006-07-28 08:32:34 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
That stuff is easy, unless you have an IQ of 48 and what some people call mentally retarded.
2006-07-28 08:34:18 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋