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Invisibleniteowl
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Lets face it ... English is a stupid language
    #486555 - 10/09/10 09:16 PM (13 years, 5 months ago)

There is no egg in the eggplant,
No ham in the hamburger
And neither pine nor apple in the pineapple.
English muffins were not invented in England,
French fries were not invented in France.

We sometimes take English for granted, but if we examine its paradoxes we find that:
Quicksand takes you down slowly,
Boxing rings are square,
And a guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig.

If writers write, how come fingers don't fing?
If the plural of tooth is teeth,
Shouldn't the plural of phone booth be phone beeth?
If the teacher taught,
Why hasn't the preacher praught?

If a vegetarian eats vegetables,
What the heck does a humanitarian eat?
Why do people recite at a play,
Yet play at a recital?
Park on driveways and
Drive on parkways?
How can the weather be as hot as hell on one day
And as cold as hell on another?

You have to marvel at the unique lunacy of a language where a house can burn up as it burns down,
And in which you fill in a form
By filling it out
And a bell is only heard once it goes!

English was invented by people, not computers,
And it reflects the creativity of the human race
(Which of course isn't a race at all.)

That is why:
When the stars are out they are visible,
But when the lights are out they are invisible.
And why it is that when I wind up my watch
It starts,
But when I wind up this poem
It ends.


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like a calcareous tumor or cyst
that begins growing in the personality
in the absence of hallucinogenic substances
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InvisibleT-Rex
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Re: Lets face it ... English is a stupid language [Re: niteowl]
    #486557 - 10/09/10 09:28 PM (13 years, 5 months ago)

I read this on the place mat of a bar a few years ago, made me think
:chong:


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InvisibleDr. SiekadellykM
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Re: Lets face it ... English is a stupid language [Re: T-Rex]
    #486569 - 10/09/10 09:51 PM (13 years, 5 months ago)

:learyharvard:


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Re: Lets face it ... English is a stupid language [Re: Dr. Siekadellyk]
    #486580 - 10/09/10 10:29 PM (13 years, 5 months ago)

:strokebeard2:

never thought of it like that. Gives me something to ponder about tonight


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Re: Lets face it ... English is a stupid language [Re: hippielauren]
    #486636 - 10/10/10 05:53 AM (13 years, 5 months ago)

french fries are named after the style of cut they are prepared with

quick sand is far quicker than normal sand


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Re: Lets face it ... English is a stupid language [Re: CosmicFool]
    #486645 - 10/10/10 08:03 AM (13 years, 5 months ago)

Still superior to Spanish IMO.

Fucking verb conjugations. I hated having to apply gender/group size to every sentence I wanted to say. Especially because they aren't always the same ending, it depends on the verb.


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Why should that mean it isn't real?

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Re: Lets face it ... English is a stupid language [Re: niteowl]
    #486654 - 10/10/10 08:23 AM (13 years, 5 months ago)

Quote:

niteowl said:
There is no egg in the eggplant,
No ham in the hamburger
And neither pine nor apple in the pineapple.
English muffins were not invented in England,
French fries were not invented in France.

We sometimes take English for granted, but if we examine its paradoxes we find that:
Quicksand takes you down slowly,
Boxing rings are square,
And a guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig.

If writers write, how come fingers don't fing?
If the plural of tooth is teeth,
Shouldn't the plural of phone booth be phone beeth?
If the teacher taught,
Why hasn't the preacher praught?

If a vegetarian eats vegetables,
What the heck does a humanitarian eat?
Why do people recite at a play,
Yet play at a recital?
Park on driveways and
Drive on parkways?
How can the weather be as hot as hell on one day
And as cold as hell on another?

You have to marvel at the unique lunacy of a language where a house can burn up as it burns down,
And in which you fill in a form
By filling it out
And a bell is only heard once it goes!

English was invented by people, not computers,
And it reflects the creativity of the human race
(Which of course isn't a race at all.)

That is why:
When the stars are out they are visible,
But when the lights are out they are invisible.
And why it is that when I wind up my watch
It starts,
But when I wind up this poem
It ends.




:freshwtf:


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Invisibledrawde
Registered: 11/15/09
Posts: 5,268
Re: Lets face it ... English is a stupid language [Re: FRACTALife]
    #486660 - 10/10/10 09:11 AM (13 years, 5 months ago)

Ha, brilliant. :thumbup:


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InvisibleiStoner
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Re: Lets face it ... English is a stupid language [Re: RasJeph]
    #486720 - 10/10/10 04:42 PM (13 years, 5 months ago)

Quote:

RasJeph said:
Still superior to Spanish IMO.

Fucking verb conjugations. I hated having to apply gender/group size to every sentence I wanted to say. Especially because they aren't always the same ending, it depends on the verb.



fucking latin dude, thats a fucked up language. i hated learning that in school.


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