Have you ever wondered why foreigners have trouble with the English Language?
Let's face it
English is a stupid language.
There is no egg in the eggplant
No ham in the hamburger
And neither pine nor apple in the pineapple.
English muffins were not invented in England
French fries were not invented in France.
We sometimes take English for granted
But if we examine its paradoxes we find that
Quicksand takes you down slowly
Boxing rings are square
And a guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig.
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.
Answers:
Great question hunny. I thought you were going to spout off about grammar, this was funny and oh so true. Have a star
Yh! What about it?
THANK YOU... loved that observation! star for you
very good cheers
have a *
it never rains but it pours
i don't think i will ever understand
that one
i know it makes no sence at all star for you
Excellent! It's nice to see that someone appreciates the language. These days it is all too common to encounter misspelling, 'text-speak' and poor grammar. Yesterday on Breakfast TV a lady from the English Grammar society (or some such) was espousing the dumbing down of our spelling because with all the misspelling, people are obviously finding the language difficult!
I can't make up my mind as to whether this sudden plethora of questions - nearly all in the jokes and riddles section - are as a result of you having just got a new joke book out of the library or perhaps somebody's just given you one and now you're inflicting them on us here ! ! !
Gotta give it to you, these are some great observations!!
Wow that is so true!
Sad that you have just copied an e-mail that did the rounds about 2 months ago or more - not impressed with plagarism.
surely toothbrushes should be teethbrushes as you clean more that just one tooth with it?
I LOVE YOU FRANKIE FRANK!
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