Is English really this hard??? ( Archived) (14)

Apr 29, 2009 11:33 AM CST Is English really this hard???
bradlee
bradleebradleeVegas, Nevada USA2 Threads 109 Posts
) 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?
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Apr 29, 2009 11:41 AM CST Is English really this hard???
Apostophe
ApostopheApostopheBoksburg, Gauteng South Africa64 Threads 1,937 Posts
She sho is a difficult language - but i love her as much as my mother tongue - Afrikaans - irony though - my mother tongue was my father tongue!




cool
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Apr 29, 2009 11:46 AM CST Is English really this hard???
bradlee
bradleebradleeVegas, Nevada USA2 Threads 109 Posts
Apostophe: She sho is a difficult language - but i love her as much as my mother tongue - Afrikaans - irony though - my mother tongue was my father tongue!




Good answer!!hug
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Apr 29, 2009 11:57 AM CST Is English really this hard???
readyornot0
readyornot0readyornot0stratford- on -slaney, Wicklow Ireland49 Threads 3 Polls 1,242 Posts
if you put signs in its easier like commas and stuff

no 20 is a mile out and dont make sense where as scents dont make it to or is it too ? such a hard language to learn so lets go to gaelic now there is a one to study my kids do it at school but as a 50 yo they loose me lol bless them .

but reading what you said you have to put the key word into context and if you read books in english you will get the idea without going into the meanings of " nouns , verbs and adjectives " the language is hard enough for some adults to get a handle on never mind the people who want it as a second language there are so many accents for so many areas and many are pitmatic each mine had its own words and often there was 2 mines on each hill so two villages and alot of competition .enough of this for now bon appitite dinner time
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Apr 29, 2009 12:08 PM CST Is English really this hard???
druidess6308
druidess6308druidess6308Aliquippa, Pennsylvania USA79 Threads 13,695 Posts
This is why English is the second hardest language in the world. Chinese is the most difficult to learn because of how many characters it has and the fact that accenting in the wrong place can change a word from one to another.
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Apr 29, 2009 12:10 PM CST Is English really this hard???
Go have some Fun learning proper German!
Or even better come learn Swiss-German!rolling on the floor laughing
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Apr 29, 2009 12:12 PM CST Is English really this hard???
AcousticBill
AcousticBillAcousticBillBensalem, Pennsylvania USA1 Threads 141 Posts
druidess6308: This is why English is the second hardest language in the world. Chinese is the most difficult to learn because of how many characters it has and the fact that accenting in the wrong place can change a word from one to another.

I'm still trying to learn it. How yins doing in da burgh area? Let's Go Pens!
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Apr 29, 2009 12:18 PM CST Is English really this hard???
Apostophe
ApostopheApostopheBoksburg, Gauteng South Africa64 Threads 1,937 Posts
druidess6308: This is why English is the second hardest language in the world. Chinese is the most difficult to learn because of how many characters it has and the fact that accenting in the wrong place can change a word from one to another.


Then it should make sense that Chinese babies are the most clever little people on earth?


laugh
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Apr 29, 2009 12:41 PM CST Is English really this hard???
rusty_knight
rusty_knightrusty_knightGozo, Malta175 Threads 2 Polls 6,840 Posts
Apostophe: She sho is a difficult language - but i love her as much as my mother tongue - Afrikaans - irony though - my mother tongue was my father tongue!


I could speak Swahili when I was a little boy, but never Africaans.............conversing
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Apr 29, 2009 12:46 PM CST Is English really this hard???
Apostophe
ApostopheApostopheBoksburg, Gauteng South Africa64 Threads 1,937 Posts
rusty_knight: I could speak Swahili when I was a little boy, but never Africaans.............



Then you're in the company of a good few good writers like Hemmingway and others.

Don't ask about the others though - can't remember who else....



laugh
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Apr 29, 2009 1:08 PM CST Is English really this hard???
rusty_knight
rusty_knightrusty_knightGozo, Malta175 Threads 2 Polls 6,840 Posts
Apostophe: Then you're in the company of a good few good writers like Hemmingway and others.

Don't ask about the others though - can't remember who else....


Hemmingway?

Wasn't he rather Ernest? confused

grin
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Apr 29, 2009 1:11 PM CST Is English really this hard???
mexikanska
mexikanskamexikanskaCancún, Quintana Roo Mexico55 Threads 3 Polls 963 Posts
druidess6308: This is why English is the second hardest language in the world. Chinese is the most difficult to learn because of how many characters it has and the fact that accenting in the wrong place can change a word from one to another.


Mmmmmmmm......even much more than hungarian?confused
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Apr 29, 2009 1:16 PM CST Is English really this hard???
Writer1966
Writer1966Writer1966Jakarta, Indonesia5 Threads 96 Posts
bradlee: ) 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?


ich kann not read the read. laugh
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May 9, 2009 11:01 PM CST Is English really this hard???
gemery
gemerygemeryWilliams Lake, British Columbia Canada5 Threads 509 Posts
Yeah, I work in a mine that is not mine. I guess that is better than leaving a stool on the stool. rolling on the floor laughing rolling on the floor laughing rolling on the floor laughing

geo

sorry...couldn't help it...laugh
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