English Is Not Hard to Learn ...

The insurance was invalid for the invalid.

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.

In terms of weight lead is in the lead.

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.

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

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.

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?

I did not object to the object.

Re: English Is Not Hard to Learn ...

You said it! What with all that and cough, bough, rough etc. it's a wonder we're literate at all !

Re: English Is Not Hard to Learn ...

I'll be honest and admit I didn't pronounce all of the words correctly first time around!

Re: English Is Not Hard to Learn ...

Thats great Kal - the times I bring our language to the fore, never ceases to amaze me how ridiculous it is at times .....

Re: English Is Not Hard to Learn ...

I've been reading through some stuff (as you can see) on the English language and I think I might just be starting to get a notion of why foreigners are reluctant to learn it

Re: English Is Not Hard to Learn ...

Yes, that's very true Twizard. I've heard it said its the hardest language to learn, but don't know if that's true or not?