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Have you ever wondered why foreigners have trouble with the English Language?
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: @4 m: e/ u4 i, a6 M% gLet's face it
. ?3 x0 N5 u; i# ]! s3 |English is a stupid language.7 w0 S$ k5 j7 B/ l$ B
There is no egg in the eggplant4 N; e# E( l. u' c& m% S; B. E
No ham in the hamburger
- j" E# r$ T* \And neither pine nor apple in the pineapple.
3 x8 ?4 v- T8 f! z$ {5 y+ sEnglish muffins were not invented in England
3 o) b$ L6 I I8 oFrench fries were not invented in France.- f& l- _7 [, S' g
/ e6 v3 x' W! M6 AWe sometimes take English for granted
0 s5 y8 Q6 s, Z" F$ X. o) p! j0 aBut if we examine its paradoxes we find that7 { s1 B9 ^ G! i0 E! r/ r- b
Quicksand takes you down slowly) v* @6 \# n% L a9 }
Boxing rings are square
4 ~8 J6 s2 j8 K6 o' I/ M$ qAnd a guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig.
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If writers write, how come fingers don't fing.2 J/ R3 `2 ?; f* L0 E
If the plural of tooth is teeth2 Z) t) p" p- D6 P7 c; o2 j0 M
Shouldn't the plural of phone booth be phone beeth; r! W" ~9 z+ j o
If the teacher taught,$ t5 }1 m/ D$ }1 a$ \
Why didn't the preacher praught.( y4 `! O4 ]; e4 u0 j
8 V+ n$ {% F& z+ m9 vIf a vegetarian eats vegetables1 a2 k* p8 F2 ^- C, v+ l) P
What the heck does a humanitarian eat!?# a8 q. ~; U* J' T! k1 J
Why do people recite at a play
$ ]8 E3 U8 y. Z. j+ b7 |4 IYet play at a recital?1 K" _. m" z3 I: [
Park on driveways and9 W; h+ o# _3 [# s' T
Drive on parkways
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3 S7 u$ c$ O3 CYou have to marvel at the unique lunacy# c/ _$ z8 ^. E
Of a language where a house can burn up as
4 o, H" @2 V4 i4 JIt burns down
" ?1 l4 Y8 Y+ O3 c" X; oAnd in which you fill in a form
$ L- o0 ?) H$ K! Z7 l- x, @% wBy filling it out4 E0 `3 n \+ r8 m9 u S
And a bell is only heard once it goes!
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English was invented by people, not computers
+ F; f- T! Y0 P4 ^: W% {1 e$ zAnd it reflects the creativity of the human race
2 h1 ^! x. W- D6 U: q7 k& `(Which of course isn't a race at all)
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That is why4 p( m" N% u9 v8 `
When the stars are out they are visible9 U1 N- D! P6 _! Z
But when the lights are out they are invisible
0 ^6 @1 ]0 V, qAnd why it is that when I wind up my watch
% A$ F- L s6 K/ V' ~$ i3 oIt starts
- M7 a% @. u! _& b( @But when I wind up this observation,& V1 u6 c e) L! k
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