Why the english lang is difficult to learn

[slleipnir]

My dad pointed out this article in a magazine and I thought I'd share..

"Sounds like...
Why the english language is difficult to learn:

*The bandage was wound around the wound.
* He could lead if he would get the lead out.
* The soldier decided to desert his dessert in the desert.
* When shot at, the dove dove into the bushes.
* The insurance was invalid for the invalid.
* They were too close to the door to close it."

~ Angel Chivsano

[Rottieluver45]

LOL:D

[PayItForward]

LOL :D

I am so pleased I grew up learning English.

[Edwina's Secretary]

A farm can produce produce.
-- The dump was so full, it had to refuse refuse.
-- The soldier decided to desert in the desert.
-- The present is a good time to present the present.
-- At the Army base, a bass was painted on a bass drum.
-- A dove dove into the bushes.
-- I didn't object to the object.
-- The insurance for the invalid was invalid.
-- The bandage was wound around the wound.
-- There was a row among the oarsmen about how to row.
-- The two were too close to the door to close it.
-- The buck does funny things when does are present.
-- They sent a sewer down to stitch a tear in the 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 novocain injections, my lips got number.
-- I shed a tear when I saw a tear in my shirt.
-- I had to subject the subject to a number of tests.
-- How can I intimate this to my most intimate friends?
-- I spent last evening evening out a pile of dirt.

[Freckles]

A few years ago, Pope Paul II, was in the US and commented about a "flood" in Denver, CA. I thought it was odd he pronounced the oo's as in food, and didn't pronounce it as "flughd". Then I realized, I couldn't think of another "oo" word that is pronounced "ugh". :rolleyes:

[ChloeLove]

And I thought Spanish was hard...;)

[The Cat Factory]

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[KYS]

Originally posted by PayItForward:I am so pleased I grew up learning English. >>>>>

Me too. :)

[tikeyas_mom]

I am happy I grew up learning it too. I cannot learn french if my mind depended on it lol. I have a hard enough time with english lol .

[popcornbird]

LOL..........but in reality, English isn't hard. The whole world learns it with no problem. Try Arabic if you want to blow your mind. ;););) When I compare English with the other languages I know/learn, English is a piece of cake.

[Karen]

Originally posted by Freckles
A few years ago, Pope Paul II, was in the US and commented about a "flood" in Denver, CA. I thought it was odd he pronounced the oo's as in food, and didn't pronounce it as "flughd". Then I realized, I couldn't think of another "oo" word that is pronounced "ugh". :rolleyes:

One pronounced flood is Blood!

But wood is not pronounced like flood, or like food.

Good is like wood is like look is like book
Flood is like blood
Food is like tool

Thank goodness the flood caused no fools to shed blood!

[Freckles]

Has anyone heard how the pope would pronounce blood?

[Cataholic]

Originally posted by Freckles
Has anyone heard how the pope would pronounce blood?

wine???

[carole]

I think english is just confusing, not so hard, i mean in new zealand we even spell our word different to you americans. e.g. colour -ours color -yours, i much prefer the american way, spell it how it sounds, eezy peezy.

[jonza]

… and don't forget, you can never starve in a desert because of all the sand which is there!
:rolleyes:

[Randi]

I just have to post my favourite again. :D

An interesting article highlighting British power over Germany.

The European Union have recently announced that finally an agreement hasbeen reached to adopt English as the preferred language for European communications, rather than German, which was the other possibility.

As part of negotiations, Her Majesty's Government conceded that English spelling had some room for improvement and as such has accepted a five year phased plan to implement what will become known as EuroEnglish .

In the first year , 's' will be used instead of the soft 'c'. Sertainly sivil servants will resieve this news with joy . Also the hard 'c' will be replased with 'k' . Not only will this klear up konfusion, but typewriters kan have one less letter .

There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the troublesome 'ph' will be replased by 'f'. This will make words like 'fotograf' 20 per sent shorter .

In the third year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible, which have always been a deterent to akurate speling. Also, al wil agre that the horible mes of silent "e"s in the languag is disgrasful and they wil go .

By the fourth year , peopl wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing 'th' by 'z' and 'w'
by 'v'

During ze fifz year , ze unesesary 'o' kan be dropd from vords kontaining 'ou', and similar changes vud of kore be aplid to ozer kombinations of leters .

After zis fifz year, ve vil hav a reli sensibl riten styl. Zer vil be no mor trubls or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu understand ech ozer.

Ze drem vil finali kum tru !

[IttyBittyKitty]

ENGLISH and BAD ENGLISH (to quote The Fifth Element !

Oh yeah, I also know a smattering of curse words from time spent in the school library looking up naughty words in the French and German dictionaries!

And another one ...

"I can't bear to be bare around the bear"

[Airedalekisses]

When I was learning English as a child I wouldn't pronounce some of the words because they were naughty in German slang-people was one and swans another-both had to do with men's anatomy!
My mother still kids me about that and I'm 51!!

[jonza]

Mary had a little lamb. She also had a bear.
I’ve often seen her little lamb, but I’ve never seen her ****.

:D

[Cincy'sMom]

Has anyone heard how the pope would pronounce blood?


Originally posted by Cataholic
wine???

LOL!! :D

[HoRsELUvR]

Lol yea the English language is kind of confusing.Take the word February for instance.Not pronounced exactly the way it's spelled.