English
Lets face it
English is a stupid 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.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 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 anotherYou 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!!!!“If You never never ask, you’ll never never know”
Ha ha ha!! GReat one Geo!!
I have often thought of the same things when writing on the board. Often I ask the kids (9 year olds) the same questions just to see what the come out with. Very amusing responses…
The funniest thing happened at school last week. As a treat being the lst week of term, I bought some really wicked bubble soap and the kids spent ages blowing bubbles with just a straw! They literally spent an hour and a half just blowing bubbles and stuffing around with the mixture! I felt so good after that experience as I love giving the children a situation where they are allowed to be children and just play.
Bugger what people say about them getting older younger, give them situations to be children in and they will behave like children should.. THey will play!
My 2c, totally off topic but hey…
Success is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration.
I agree – adults love to be children…
nice experience last week…but not as exciting as your experience in England…hehehe
“If You never never ask, you’ll never never know”
Hahaha, very good, like it!
Prop16
Not stupid but confusing is more appropriate.
Prop16
LOL!
add in the fact that some words have different meaning but are spelled or sound the same.. such as “well” as in “are you well?” (state of health), “well??” (inquiry meaning get on with it, finnish what you were saying) and “drawing water from the well” (a hole in the ground full of water).
Blue and blew!
No wonder English is a second language to a lot but the only language for a heap more.. the poor suckers that learned it as a native toungue (look ant the spelling of that one for example.. NOT logical!! Should be tung[confused2]) don’t have enough left over intelect to learn other languages after coping with the English language structure and syntax!!!
Great post Geo!!!
Steve Kerr
Opportunity knocks softly, listen carefully!
Steve – welcome – I hope you post hundreds and thousands of posts on here. and yes, I think the English language is doomed for disaster[hmmm]
“If You never never ask, you’ll never never know”
confusing, stupid, non-intelligent…whatever…we are doomed either way.
“If You never never ask, you’ll never never know”
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