The English Language.

Have you ever wondered why foreigners have trouble with the English Language? Let's face it, English is a crazy language.

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 didn't the preacher praught? If a vegetarian eats vegetables, what does a humanitarian eat? Why do people recite at a play, yet play at a recital? Park on driveways and Drive on parkways?

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 observation, it ends.

Enjoy!

Dave

This comes around in my email once and a while ;P It's true though

I have a friend in England that is still trying to convince me that my coat should be in the cupboard and my dishes in the closet. Hmmm....

Dave

But i am english so i think it is easy and easy to learn for others all other lanuages are to hard to learn

Haha that's a great little spiel.

If I recall correctly, they were going to make Spanish the official language at the UN, since Spanish is supposedly the easiest language to learn. However, there were so many English speaking people there that that resolution went nowhere.

Go figure!

Dave

yeah i've read this on email too...
but speaking of spanish being easier to learn than english..
i tried and it was confusing (for me at least)