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Have you ever wondered why foreigners have trouble with the English Language?
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Let's face it
4 N1 A- A$ N1 x$ NEnglish is a stupid language.
" l- {2 o/ F S7 XThere is no egg in the eggplant9 F. e) A- C' x9 O
No ham in the hamburger" f" d1 _$ D/ S* ~ o/ [4 N4 `
And neither pine nor apple in the pineapple.
# \- t) |- X4 A PEnglish muffins were not invented in England0 F3 r1 z5 h( T
French fries were not invented in France.
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2 P7 h$ X. q$ Q* K. f5 i8 V# n# `We sometimes take English for granted
8 x- C' l6 Y& a/ \But if we examine its paradoxes we find that
* a% l; Y6 Q- P5 j$ aQuicksand takes you down slowly
( _8 S6 ^ `4 J8 @2 f! u; X: zBoxing rings are square; u0 ]% w9 u% l) u
And a guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig. ' g2 z, P0 R/ c2 \. r
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If writers write, how come fingers don't fing.
% |9 J* U7 ?7 q) BIf the plural of tooth is teeth
; I8 ~4 J8 P" n! A aShouldn't the plural of phone booth be phone beeth
0 e: }0 |9 G" s: g% R/ FIf the teacher taught,4 L2 N q) j! W# E( k
Why didn't the preacher praught.: x( A0 W- X- |! K3 U% y6 ^
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If a vegetarian eats vegetables
. m/ ]; Y p5 z. I+ K6 fWhat the heck does a humanitarian eat!?
/ e3 }' o, j8 A& a6 K9 cWhy do people recite at a play
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Park on driveways and
1 l9 r' M1 O# b5 O; R; }1 PDrive on parkways
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" a, m& ^8 [. c% Z* Y3 gYou have to marvel at the unique lunacy0 s: W; \, i |6 Q3 [4 w$ r
Of a language where a house can burn up as9 X+ Z5 T6 U1 p- @ {
It burns down, H! Z L5 m0 w) t' F: n
And in which you fill in a form
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And a bell is only heard once it goes!
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English was invented by people, not computers
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(Which of course isn't a race at all)
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7 |4 V/ J5 W7 y' m9 T3 NThat is why
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But when the lights are out they are invisible
- @4 R( s2 y' e5 b, OAnd why it is that when I wind up my watch
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But when I wind up this observation,
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