Why English Is So Hard To Learn

[Kor37 9]

The bandage was wound around the wound.

 

The farm was used to produce produce.

 

The dump was so full that it had to refuse more refuse

 

We must polish the Polish furniture.

 

He could lead if he would get the lead out.

 

The soldier decided to desert his dessert in the desert.

 

Since there is no time like the present, he thought it was time to present the present.

 

A bass was painted on the head of the bass drum.

 

When shot at, the dove dove into the bushes.

 

I did not object to the object.

 

The insurance was invalid for the invalid.

 

There was a row among the oarsmen about how to row.

 

They were too close to the door to close it.

 

The buck does funny things when the does are present.

 

A seamstress and a sewer fell down into a sewer line.

 

To help with planting, the farmer taught his sow to sow.

 

The wind was too strong to wind the sail.

 

After a number of injections my jaw got number.

 

Upon seeing the tear in the painting I shed a tear.

 

I had to subject the subject to a series of tests.

 

How can I intimate this to my most intimate friend?

[APW 0]

:) Exactly.

My russian language teacher in high school spoke 5 languages fluently. She told me that of the foreign languages she'd learned (she was a Ukrainian) English was the most difficult by far.

 

And she cited similar examples.

[KIMIMELA 1]

Can I ask you all, if your native tongue isn't English/American, do you find it hard to type on an English/American speaking board? I understand German but I never visit German boards...

[Mr.Picard 12]

It's a little harder for me than posting at a German message board, of course, it takes a little longer for me to finish typing my posts, but it's not that I have to keep a dictionary next to me all the time. :) Reading the board is the same to me as if this was a German board, though. I sometimes even find English more easy than German. :P :)

[BKY1701 0]

English is very dumb. That's why I invented Azukan.

 

Eing:lish is ver:e dum. That is why I in:vent:ed Az:zuk:can.

Edited December 24, 2005 by BKY1701

[krysis 2]

I wonder how other aliens view English if there was no UT.

[Jim Phaserman 0]

It's a little harder for me than posting at a German message board, of course, it takes a little longer for me to finish typing my posts, but it's not that I have to keep a dictionary next to me all the time. :) Reading the board is the same to me as if this was a German board, though. I sometimes even find English more easy than German. :) :)

 

 

I took a few German classes in High School and College, and yeah, I prefere reading English too. Those huge compound words screw me up.

[Validus 0]

English is hard to learn because it is derived from two language families rather then one (like most languages). The English we speak is derived from both Latin and Anglo-Saxon which is why English often has contradictory grammer and spelling rules.

Edited January 8, 2006 by Validus

[master_q 0]

LOL. I love it (I will save a copy.)

Agreed...it is a hard language

[Jim Phaserman 0]

So, do you Sew?

 

Do you do the dew?

 

I feel the need to kneed...

[Chataeya 0]

After all this maybe it might be a good idea for me to take up spanish

Edited January 20, 2006 by Chataeya