Oh, I love English!!

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You think English is easy??

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) 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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Haha! I definitely would not want to be the one learning English as a second language. One of my favorites was a student in the stairwell yelling up to his Hispanic friend who was just beginning to grasp the concept of the English language, "Hey Jaime! Hurry up down!"
 

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Makes it more fun don'tcha think? I mean seriously, why would we want it easy and the rules black or white with no grey gray area?
 

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Why not not have them? Because they are confusing! I'm getting a headache already.

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Makes it more fun don'tcha think? I mean seriously, why would we want it easy and the rules black or white with no grey gray area?
 

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Seemed simple enough to me.
 

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And don't get me started on things like we park in driveways, but drive on parkways.
 

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AnthonyC said:
Haha! I definitely would not want to be the one learning English as a second language. One of my favorites was a student in the stairwell yelling up to his Hispanic friend who was just beginning to grasp the concept of the English language, "Hey Jaime! Hurry up down!"

Anthony for some reason that has me in pieces! OMG!
I HAVE to say that to someone some day!

Yes. Why have an easy language? I mean come on guys, don't you like a challenge? :p
 

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Glad you like that, Steph! :) I do love a challenge, but why the hell do we spell knife with a k? God bless our elementary school kids b/c I don't know how they do it!

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AnthonyC said:
Haha! I definitely would not want to be the one learning English as a second language. One of my favorites was a student in the stairwell yelling up to his Hispanic friend who was just beginning to grasp the concept of the English language, "Hey Jaime! Hurry up down!"

Anthony for some reason that has me in pieces! OMG!
I HAVE to say that to someone some day!

Yes. Why have an easy language? I mean come on guys, don't you like a challenge? :p
 

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Haha! Yeah, Lynn it's a real hoot! I feel so bad for my ESL students b/c they try spell things phonetically and it just doesn't work with English.

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Ain't it fun?
 

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A knish or knysh is an Eastern European, and Jewish snack food made popular in America by Jewish immigrants, eaten widely by Jewish and non-Jewish peoples alike.

There ya go! Straight from good old Wikipedia! :)

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Whats a knish?1
 

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AnthonyC said:
A knish or knysh is an Eastern European, and Jewish snack food made popular in America by Jewish immigrants, eaten widely by Jewish and non-Jewish peoples alike.

There ya go! Straight from good old Wikipedia! :)

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Whats a knish?1

Never heard of it. We need more details on what it is like.:rolleyes:
 
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