Thursday, 13 December 2007

English an easy language?

Copied from Lisa [seraphoflove9001]

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? 

There is no egg in eggplant, nor ham in hamburger.
English muffins weren't invented inEngland.
Doesn't it seem crazy that you can make amends but not one amend?

There is a word that has more meanings and that is "UP." 
UP , meaning toward the sky or at the top of the list.
Why do we speak UP and why are the officers UP for election.
We call UP our friends.
People stir UP trouble, line UP for tickets,  and think UP excuses.

6 comments:

  1. oooh you copy good-(hint-inEngland is two words)LOL

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  2. LOL....I think it is one of the hardest languages! :o)
    Lisa

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  3. These are very good.
    Lori

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  4. Like it.
    Jenny <><

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  5. It's no wonder the people crossing our borders keep their own language.  How did we ever learn it?   Linda

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  6. It is supposedly so hard but it is my first language.  I know very little Spanish.  Nothing else except conversational Swahili. lol  Not very useful in my neck of the woods.

    Nelishia
    http://journals.aol.com/nelishianatl/PrayingandBelieving/

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