Ahh, English! Sometimes, I think all the folks who grew up speaking English should be committed to an asylum for the verbally insane. some other reasons to be grateful if you grew up speaking English: A seamstress, and a sewer, fell down into a sewer line. After a number of Novocain injections, my jaw got number. At the Army base, a bass was painted on the head of a bass drum. He could lead, if he would get the lead out. How can I intimate this to my most intimate friend? I did not object to the object. I had to subject the subject to a series of tests. I spent last evening, evening out a pile of dirt. Since there is no time like the present, he thought it was time to present the present. The bandage was wound around the wound. The buck does funny things, when the does are present. The dump was so full that it had to refuse more refuse. The farm was used to produce produce. The insurance was invalid for the invalid. The soldier decided to desert his dessert in the desert. The wind was too strong to wind the sail. There was a row among the oarsmen about how to row. They were too close to the door to close it. To help with planting, the farmer taught his sow to sow. Upon seeing the tear in the painting I shed a tear. We must polish the Polish furniture. When shot at, the dove dove into the bushes. Let us face it, English is a crazy language! There is no egg in eggplant. Nor ham in hamburger. Neither apple, nor pine, in pineapple. English muffins were not invented in England. English pronunciations can even mess up your mind! If you have a rough cough, climbing can be tough when going through the bough on a tree! You have to marvel at the unique lunacy of English in which: An alarm goes off by going on. You fill in a form by filling it out. You have to tie it up to tie it down. A building burns up as it burns down. We take English for granted, but if we explore its paradoxes, we find that: Quicksand can work slowly. Boxing rings are square, not round.. If teachers taught, why don't preachers praught? A guinea pig is neither from Guinea, nor is it a pig. If a vegetarian eats vegetables, what does a humanitarian eat? Doesn't it seem crazy that 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 mother is mom, how come father is not fom? Or if dad is pop, how come mom is not mop? And finally, all the time we spent learning English: Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at an Elingsh uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht frist and lsat ltteer is at the rghit pclae. The rset can be atoatl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae we do not raed ervey lteter by it slef but the wrod as a wlohe. Ceehiro ——–<>—— ————– Get rid of Add-Ons in your email ID. Get [email protected]. Sign up now! Get your own website and domain for just Rs.1,999/year.* Click here! _________________________________________________________________ Stay up to date on your PC, the Web, and your mobile phone with Windows Live. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/msnnkwxp1020093185mrt/direct/01/ --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thatha_Patty" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/thatha_patty?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
