The bandage was wound around the wound.
The farm was used to produce produce.
The dump was so full that it had to refuse more refuse.
We must polish the Polish furniture.
He could lead if he would get the lead out.
The soldier decided to desert his dessert in the desert..
Since there is no time like the present, he thought it was time to present the present.
A bass was painted on the head of the bass drum.
When shot at, the dove dove into the bushes.
I did not object to the object.
The insurance was invalid for the invalid.
There was a row among the oarsmen about how to row.
They were too close to the door to close it.
The buck does funny things when the does are present.
A seamstress and a sewer fell down into a sewer line.
To help with planting, the farmer taught his sow to sow.
The wind was too strong to wind the sail
After a number of injections my jaw got number.
Upon seeing the tear in the painting I shed a tear.
I had to subject the subject to a series of tests.
How can I intimate this to my most intimate friend?
There is no egg in eggplant nor ham in hamburger.
There is neither apple nor pine in pineapple.
English muffins aren’t from England nor French fries from France.
Sweetmeats are candies, while sweetbreads, which aren’t sweet, are meat.
Quicksand works slowly.
Boxing rings are square.
A guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig.
Writers write, but fingers don’t fing, grocers don’t groce, and hammers don’t ham.
The plural of tooth is teeth, but the plural of booth is not beeth.
The plural of goose is geese, but the plural of moose is not meese.
You can make amends but not one amend.
If you have a bunch of odds and ends and get rid of all but one of them, what do you call it?
If teachers teach and preachers preach, why does a teacher taught, but no preacher ever praught?
If a vegetarian eats vegetables, what does a humanitarian eat?
People recite at plays and play at recitals.
We ship by truck but send cargo by ship.
How can we have noses that run and feet that smell?
Why is a slim chance and a fat chance the same thing?
A wise man is the opposite of a wise guy.
Your house burns up as it burns down.
You fill in a form by filling it out.
An alarm goes off when it's on.
Why doesn’t Buick rhyme with quick?
2007-09-26 09:19:58 · 30 answers · asked by Jim Jnr M 6 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Jokes & Riddles
like it lol....hahah!
2007-09-26 10:28:32 · answer #1 · answered by "!" 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
This exercise is an example of why I am glad to be a native speaker of English.
I hope it will get people to understand why it is so difficult for illiterate immigrants to learn to speak English. I think we speak one of the most difficult languages on the planet.
Realize it takes about 7 years of total immersion in a foreign language to become fluent. Stick with it!
2007-09-26 09:29:32 · answer #2 · answered by boogeywoogy 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Cool! I'm sending this to my friend who teaches English as a Second Language at a college.
2007-09-26 09:23:24 · answer #3 · answered by em T 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Other languages are harder to learn. It's just that English has strange spellings and a number of meanings for one spelling. Verbs in Spanish, for example, are much harder to conjugate.
2016-04-06 02:31:19 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
fruit grows on shrub or vines and fruit and vegetables grow in the floor.
2017-02-16 22:04:47 · answer #5 · answered by Carlos 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Love it! If you can understand THAT, you are a master of the English language! =P
2007-09-26 09:22:30 · answer #6 · answered by sillysister4ever 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ha ha so true. Speaking English is like speaking double Dutch!!
:-)))
2007-09-26 10:39:55 · answer #7 · answered by Teejay 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
lol nice 1
2007-09-26 12:19:14 · answer #8 · answered by HaSiCiT Bust A Tie A1 TieBusters 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Holy cow....that is so crazy! I'm glad you posted this even if I am not sure what your actual question is....at least it gave me a laugh:)
2007-09-26 09:24:12 · answer #9 · answered by Ammie J 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
was that a question? thx 4 the 2 answering points, anyways
2007-09-26 09:23:19 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Brill lol
2007-09-26 09:26:39 · answer #11 · answered by rayvon :-) 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋