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Title: English is Haaaaard!
Post by: midnight Target on November 11, 2002, 10:40:33 AM
and Rated the most difficult language to learn... here is why:

The bandage was wound round the wound.
The farm was used to produce produce.
The dump was so full it had to refuse refuse.
He could lead if he could get the lead out.
The soldier decided to desert his dessert in the desert.
I painted a bass on the bass drum.
The dove dove in the bushes.
I didn't object to the object.
The insurance was invalid for the invalid.
The oarsmen had a row about how to row.
I was too close to the door to close it.
The buck does funny things with does.




Title: English is Haaaaard!
Post by: Airscrew on November 11, 2002, 11:00:07 AM
How bout
 I will read a book about a red pony that I read in the past.

AirScrew
Title: English is Haaaaard!
Post by: Wlfgng on November 11, 2002, 11:23:24 AM
so what's so confusing?

hey I can't help it if they're having their trouble over there!
Title: English is Haaaaard!
Post by: texace on November 11, 2002, 11:58:39 AM
Heh...it's hard because we can have words that are spelled the same but mean things totally different. Some other languages have a different word for each meaning.

Someone new to English could say "I blue the airplane up." and believe they're saying it right, as it sounds right. We native English speakers know what they're supposed to mean but laugh at their mistake.

"I red that book."
Title: English is Haaaaard!
Post by: Furious on November 11, 2002, 12:02:49 PM
Yeah, but at least we don't need to know what sex a table is.


f.
Title: English is Haaaaard!
Post by: udet on November 11, 2002, 12:04:25 PM
She sells sea shells on the sea shore.
Title: Re: English is Haaaaard!
Post by: gofaster on November 11, 2002, 12:13:37 PM
Quote
Originally posted by midnight Target
...He could lead if he cout get the lead out. ...


Its even harder with typos. :cool:

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Title: English is Haaaaard!
Post by: Airscrew on November 11, 2002, 12:15:30 PM
The seals see squid swimming in the sea.
Title: English is Haaaaard!
Post by: -dead- on November 11, 2002, 12:17:23 PM
Pah! Languages with alphabets are for sissies! :D
Title: English is Haaaaard!
Post by: Leslie on November 11, 2002, 02:52:29 PM
How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck would and a woodchuck could chuck wood?
Title: English is Haaaaard!
Post by: Eaglecz on November 11, 2002, 03:11:19 PM
OK guys .. your english is ugly :D

Sel pstros s pstrosici a pstrosacaty pstrosi ulici.


:cool:


Orel out
Title: English is Haaaaard!
Post by: Mickey1992 on November 11, 2002, 03:19:58 PM
I passed a sea that I used to see in the past.
Title: English is Haaaaard!
Post by: Swoop on November 11, 2002, 03:37:12 PM
Well yes, English is a very curious language.  It's the only language in the world where you can be blunt and make cutting remarks.

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Title: English is Haaaaard!
Post by: MrBill on November 11, 2002, 03:48:27 PM
I'm not a fig plucker, I'm a fig plucker's son
But I'll pluck your figs till the fig plucker comes.
Title: English is Haaaaard!
Post by: Airscrew on November 11, 2002, 04:33:16 PM
good one Mr. B

I slit a sheet, a sheet I slit, upon a slitted sheet I sit.

AirScrew
Title: English is Haaaaard!
Post by: mrfish on November 11, 2002, 04:35:24 PM
chinese (cantonese or mandarin)is the hardest thing i've ever come across - i tried to learn from my wife but gave up. not only do they have one word for about 80 things - they have sounds for each word too and everything is in imagery - arfffff