Reasons English is so hard to learn

[Hogmaster]

Got his one emailed to me. What others can you think of?

21 REASONS WHY THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE IS HARD TO LEARN?

1) The bandage was wound around the wound.
2) The farm was used to produce produce.
3) The dump was so full that it had to refuse more refuse.
4) We must polish the Polish furniture.
5) He could lead if he would get the lead out.
6) The soldier decided to desert his dessert in the desert.
7) Since there is no time like the present, he thought it was time to
present the present.
8) A bass was painted on the head of the bass drum.
9) When shot at, the dove dove into the bushes.
10) I did not object to the object.
11) The insurance was invalid for the invalid.
12) There was a row among the oarsmen about how to row.
13) They were too close to the door to close it.
14) The buck does funny things when the does are present.
15) A seamstress and a sewer fell down into a sewer line.
16) To help with planting, the farmer taught his sow to sow.
17) The wind was too strong to wind the sail.
18) After a number of injections my jaw got number.
19) Upon seeing the tear in the painting I shed a tear.
20) I had to subject the subject to a series of tests.
21) How can I intimate this to my most intimate friend?

It is bad enough when different words are spelled the same, baut add in when the SOUND the same and things start to get REALLY confusing!

Here's a few more:

22) He bet a buck that his friend could not shoot a buck.
23) He was bare and did not bare arms when the bear appeared.
24) He was not conscious, so there was not a way his conscience could be bothered.
25) He rode hard down the road.
26) She broke the bill of the stuffed duck and was presented with a bill for repair.
27) If I had to, I too could carry two of those.
28) They're going to cast their poppers over there.
29) His deep bass voice scared the bass.
30) Is that reel real?

Got more? They are scarily easy! :grin:

[ 05-18-2003, 12:38 PM: Message edited by: Hogmaster ]

[Hogmaster]

38) He read the red print, but it was a hard read.
39) There is a great big hole next to the grate over there.
40)What is on your mind that you can't mind me?

[Deepslayer]

I like these three.
41. When I was younger I had to pare a pair of pears!
42. That hunting dog they sent me couldn't pick up a scent worth a cent!
43. I to went too far when I bought two boats!
,Ed

[ 05-18-2003, 01:45 PM: Message edited by: Deepslayer ]

[sinker]

I used to work with quite a few Russians and they'd be asking questions about different words and stuff.
In their frustration they'd kiddingly give me a hard time and act like it was my fault.
I'd tell them "don't blame me, I didn't invent the danged mess!!" LOL

[Hogmaster]

31) Oh crumb, I am down to my last crumb.
32) I like fish. It tastes like chicken.
33) I wish I could draw, but it was not in the luck of the draw.
34) Once confined to his cell, he could not pursue his cell study.
35) He looked very pale from carrying the pail that had the handle that impaled him.
36) The cougar was hot on the trail as it suck down the trail.
37) Why not attach it with a knot tied around the tree's knot?

[Hogmaster]

Here is a couple from Jennie:

44) I'm going to go bury the berries now.
45) It's not right to write things and not let me know by telling me no.

And;
46) I have the drive to take a drive.
47) We watched the sun, my son.
48) Here comes a duck. Duck!

[Hogmaster]

My mum sent me these. She recently had her car worked on. Must be on her mind still:

49) An officer wearing a shield ticketed my windshield.
50) I was too broke to fix the axle that broke.
51) But I snapped up a bargain when the radiator belt snapped.
52) The elephant lifted my trunk with his trunk.
53) This year I collected a bumper crop of Audi bumpers.

and a few more;
54) Delivering the bush to President Bush was really bush.
55) After the tornado the flat was completely flat.
56) The shrimp likes to eat shrimp.

[OceanBlue]

Here's one of my favorites:

They're leaving their car over there.

Or how about:

It's too bad the cat lost its tail.

Whew!

[Hogmaster]

59) I love to see the sea.
60) He got canned for not properly stacking the canned goods.

[Hogmaster]

61) When they tear it down a tear will form in my eye.
62) The drug made him incoherent so he had to be drug off the road he rode in on.
63) They would not allow a plant at the plant.
64) She felt she would live if she could hear live music.
65) But then she was kicked in the butt.
66) Was it right to turn right?
67) The band gave her a hand when she showed them the band on her hand.

[ 05-19-2003, 03:01 PM: Message edited by: Hogmaster ]

[SCUTZ ZA]

68)When I fish, and catch a fish, I post a pic on ifish, so ifishers can see my fish on ifish.

[Hogmaster]

69) When I tried to reason with her I only got the sound of reasons my reasoning was not sound.
70) How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?
71) A bit of his bite fell off his chin as he pondered if the equation required a bit or a byte.

I know no one else is participating much, but I'm having fun! :grin: :grin: :grin:

[Cool Texan]

Answer to #70:

How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?
Apparently there is nothing that Natural Language cannot do, including answering the age-old woodchuck question. Access The Wall Street Journal database (WSJ) and enter the above question, verbatim, as a Natural Language search. The answer, 700 pounds, is in the first document retrieved. New York state wildlife expert Richard Thomas bases his solution of 700 pounds on the following equation:
"Since the woodchuck basically throws the soil backwards, and the question doesn't specify the size of the wood to be chucked, we can compare the earth moved to the wood chucked."

http://west.thomson.com/aboutus/news...ookie%5Ftest=1


But the social ramifications need to be addressed too:

http://www.people.virginia.edu/~jbk9y/wdcksoc.html

:grin:

[Hogmaster]

Thanks, CT, an answer we all must have!

72) See Sally sell sea shells by the sea shore. :grin:
73) He drew the company org chart on the board for the board.
74) It is hard to determine how hard materials are.

[Hogmaster]

75) I object to that object being placed there.
76) Hey there, put that hay there
77) Mary was merry because she knew soon she would marry.
78) That male has stolen the mail.

[Hogmaster]

79) We will root for the pig to root out a truffle.
80) I would rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal labotomy. :grin: Just testing to see if anyone is reading this thread.
81) Mark's dog will bark when he rolls in the bark. (Mark or the dog?)
82) GRB got the point across when he delivered the point of the spear in the chest of the bear. In fact he could not wait to get it off his chest when he put the heart in a chest. Has he no heart?
83) Pete took a pass on going over the snowy pass. Instead he played pass and catch with his son in the sun.
:grin: :grin: :grin:

[Hogmaster]

84) Jennie went to the store to get stores to store in case the storm hit.
85) She is present. Open the present presently.
86) TFG decided to plumb the sink while eating a plumb.
87) He never saw it as he picked up his hammer and saw.

[GutZ]

88) You can't put too much water in a nuclear reactor.