Friday, June 17, 2011

WHY ENGLISH IS SO HARD TO LEARN

  1. The bandage was wound around the wound.
  2. The farm was used to produce produce.
  3. We must polish the Polish furniture.
  4. He could lead if he got the lead out.
  5. The soldier decided to desert his dessert in the desert.
  6. Since there is no time like the present, he thought it was time to present the present.
  7. A bass was painted on the head of the bass drum.
  8. When shot at, the dove dove into the bushes.
  9. I did not object to the object.
  10. The insurance was invalid for the invalid.
  11. There was a row among the oarsmen about how to row.
  12. They were too close to the door to close it.
  13. The buck does funny things when the does are present.
  14. A seamstress and a sewer fell down into the sewer lin.
  15. To help with the planting, the farmer taught his sow to sow.
  16. The wind was too strong to wind the sail.
  17. After a number of injections my jaw got number.
  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?

 

 

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32 comments:

  1. Nancy JJune 17, 2011 at 7:41 PM

    Same words different meanings. It's a wonder anyone knows what they are talking about. Good one.

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  2. Initiative StainJune 17, 2011 at 7:44 PM

    English is one of the hardest languages to learn as it's a mixture of many.

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  3. Cille ShanerJune 17, 2011 at 7:59 PM

    LOLOLOL, Just so.

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  4. tee skorJune 17, 2011 at 8:10 PM

    True, good one Jack

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  5. Roddy GJune 17, 2011 at 8:34 PM

    Yep I am going to pass this on to my friend in Rio who is studying English.

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  6. doug noakesJune 17, 2011 at 8:39 PM

    i do feel sorry for those who take this tongue many of us take for granted up as a second language, especially in adulthood. Mostly for the many examples you have laid out here Jack. Good blog!

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  7. Susan SlaterJune 17, 2011 at 9:10 PM

    LOL! Great list!

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  8. maritess* estrellaJune 17, 2011 at 9:58 PM

    Great blog.

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  9. Katherine RodgersJune 17, 2011 at 10:24 PM

    Cute while making a point. Of course, we do attempt to avoid redundancies.

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  10. ketan padhiarJune 17, 2011 at 10:35 PM

    if 'do' is do, why is 'go' not goo !!! if no is no why is know is not k-now!!

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  11. nico gigaJune 17, 2011 at 11:26 PM

    you're right Jack but it is a wonderful language and I love it

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  12. Initiative StainJune 18, 2011 at 6:32 AM

    For that matter Cille, think about what I wish to write and upon which english dialect? Do I say color or colour. Recently, I
    was able to dig up some old papers that were within the attic.

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  13. Initiative StainJune 18, 2011 at 6:40 AM

    Good morning Tee. I as well as you were raised with a mother tongue of the English language. Now why on earth would we have our mother's tongue?

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  14. Initiative StainJune 18, 2011 at 6:47 AM

    Rod, be my guest. I find that more than often those whom learn a second language - especially when it's the English. It's much harder than you or I learning another. Languages and linguistics have always fascinated me. As well, how the language shapes the person to some extent.
    Then there is computer lingo. That's another story.

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  15. Initiative StainJune 18, 2011 at 7:06 AM

    Thanks Douglas. Different strokes for different folks Doug.

    The one thing that you and I truly do share is that desire to learn more. You do it certainly far better than I. But while living in the states the choice was to take French or Spanish. Ironically I took French in New York and then when I walked into this academy to be immersed in French. Doug, I literally nearly peed my pants as I had to tell the French priest that I was not that great with French. From that day on, he truly went the extra mile and I came out with honors/honors. Yet to speak it as fluently now, would be like pigs which can fly. Come to think about it you nor I never knew where that phrase came from. I know you nor I have seen pigs which can fly from one tree to another or if you do Doug give me a ring.

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  16. Initiative StainJune 18, 2011 at 7:07 AM

    Speaking of lists was there a problem?

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  17. Initiative StainJune 18, 2011 at 7:11 AM


    Now why is it called a blog? Blog I believe is within the dictionary now but is blog a real word - step back twenty years ago and blog
    was something very different.




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  18. maritess* estrellaJune 18, 2011 at 7:21 AM

    Fun. I consulted the Wiki, for there's no exact enrty of the word blog on the dictionary i am using. And it's says the root word is log. As in - log but we are using the term on a web world so maybe, they slash the letter b from the web 'word and it now became known as 'b-log'

    ... you came up with a fun blog today! fun :)

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  19. Initiative StainJune 18, 2011 at 7:34 AM

    So true, five years ago there was a study done with the English language and society. What was found was English had taken on a new dialect based by way of computing. It gives new meaning to tweet as before tweeter. I always thought that birds tweet. Now many of us tweet. Yet I am staying with the tweety bird. This is predominantly where this new English dialect is taking place. Within all languages for that matter.

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  20. Initiative StainJune 18, 2011 at 7:35 AM

    If you look further Blog was supossed to be Glob. :)

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  21. Initiative StainJune 18, 2011 at 7:38 AM

    Si, Nico I love languages. I love the manner that how language shapes whom we are to an extent. I am certain you have witnessed this.

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  22. Initiative StainJune 18, 2011 at 7:40 AM

    ~ I don't know right now ~

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  23. nico gigaJune 18, 2011 at 7:59 AM

    sure Jack I'm a languages lover and I like to speak them frequently

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  24. Tori BriJune 19, 2011 at 5:22 PM

    that is what iam talking about.. how in the world am i goint to ever learn it? lol

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  25. Initiative StainJune 19, 2011 at 6:56 PM

    It's not an easy language for that matter. :)

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  26. nico gigaJune 20, 2011 at 12:28 AM

    you need to practice it, it isn't difficult. auf wiedersehen

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  27. Initiative StainJune 20, 2011 at 8:29 AM

    You are and I have to get to work here! Nico I shall visit you later today as I must go. Peace my friend.

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  28. Initiative StainJune 20, 2011 at 8:30 AM

    Si yo se, my default is Spanish Nico. Ironically I can get buy speaking with four languages. But just basically.

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  29. nico gigaJune 20, 2011 at 8:34 AM

    and don't forget the pronounce, take for example words like idol and idle, or for and four.

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  30. Initiative StainJune 20, 2011 at 3:52 PM

    Yes and there is a reason for "pro nouns" as well as the means and ways of which we an noun ciate them Nico. :)

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  31. dizzy lizzyJune 26, 2011 at 6:29 AM

    cute.
    and true.
    also, thank you for the kind comment on my page

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  32. Initiative StainJune 27, 2011 at 3:29 PM

    Your most welcome...

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