Author Topic: And we are often asked why the english language is messed up???  (Read 2316 times)

Offline Timmay

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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) There is no time like the present, he said it was time to present the present.
8) At the Army base, a bass was painted on the head of a 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 Novocain 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?
22) I spent last evening evening out a pile of dirt.



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Re: And we are often asked why the english language is messed up???
« Reply #1 on: April 23, 2009, 07:41:22 AM »
Please tell me you didnt spend time making those up Timbo  ???
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Re: And we are often asked why the english language is messed up???
« Reply #2 on: April 23, 2009, 03:30:59 PM »
Man Timm did you have to much  coffee today or something? Why have you kept all this information? Will there be a quiz? Will I have to stay up all night to study? Oh what's the point there aint none of us smaht nuff to compete!!
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Re: And we are often asked why the english language is messed up???
« Reply #3 on: April 23, 2009, 04:49:34 PM »
Hey don't pick on the guy to bad..I know people who are trying to figure out how to get the castaways off Gilligans Island.
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Re: And we are often asked why the english language is messed up???
« Reply #4 on: April 23, 2009, 07:27:58 PM »
That is so true, I have friends from other countries that get so confused. Another one is the classic two, to, and too. Or to use the other one in a sentence:
"They're going over there to their new house"

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Re: And we are often asked why the english language is messed up???
« Reply #5 on: April 23, 2009, 07:32:06 PM »
that is TOOOOOOOOOOO Funny.  I just want to go out and have two beers, but not to get too drunk!

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Re: And we are often asked why the english language is messed up???
« Reply #6 on: April 24, 2009, 04:58:52 AM »
Nooo, I don't want to pick on Timm too much! Sorry Timm, if my droll Yankee humor is too much for ya :o   ;D   ;D
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Re: And we are often asked why the english language is messed up???
« Reply #7 on: April 24, 2009, 06:51:29 AM »
Bring it on...Im a big boy..i can handle it lol

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Re: And we are often asked why the english language is messed up???
« Reply #8 on: April 24, 2009, 09:14:36 AM »
There is nowherein the world like Scotland for the destruction of the English language. West of Scotland slang is an amazing part of our culture. Anyone who has spent anytime in Glasgow will know exactly what I mean. This is not an attack on Scotland. I love slang and use it everyday.  O0
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Re: And we are often asked why the english language is messed up???
« Reply #9 on: April 24, 2009, 01:13:08 PM »
I was talking to a friend today, he is from Russia and he said that most of his friends have a hard time pronouncing rural. Then I remembered when I was in Russian class a few years back we went to the ESL room (english as a second language) and alot of the kids said the same thing, it was hard for the Martialese kids and everyone else.

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Re: And we are often asked why the english language is messed up???
« Reply #10 on: April 27, 2009, 08:39:33 AM »
And when reading the title of this thread people will probably say "off-ten" instead of "off-un"

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Re: And we are often asked why the english language is messed up???
« Reply #11 on: April 27, 2009, 09:22:08 AM »
Here's TO the TWO people that eat TOO much.

 



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