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Fw: Humour : Reason's why the English language is hard to learn.

To: "MGS Digest" <mgs@autox.team.net>, "Raj Sohal" <raj.sohal1@virgin.net>,
Subject: Fw: Humour : Reason's why the English language is hard to learn.
From: "Paul Hunt" <paul.hunt1@virgin.net>
Date: Thu, 25 May 2000 19:05:41 +0100
> REASONS WHY THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE IS HARD TO LEARN
> 
>   1) The bandage was wound around the wound.
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>   2) The farm was used to produce produce.
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>   3) The dump was so full that it had to refuse more refuse.
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>   4) We must polish the Polish furniture.
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>   5) He could lead if he would get the lead out.
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>   6) The soldier decided to desert his dessert in the desert.
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>   7) Since there is no time like the present, he thought it was
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>   time to present the present.
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>   8) A bass was painted on the head of the bass drum.
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>   9) When shot at, the dove dove into the bushes.
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>   10) I did not object to the object.
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>   11) The insurance was invalid for the invalid.
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>   12) There was a row among the oarsmen about how to row.
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>   13) They were too close to the door to close it.
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>   14) The buck does funny things when the does are present.
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>   15) A seamstress and a sewer fell into a sewer.
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>   16) To help with planting, the farmer taught his sow to sow.
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>   17) The wind was too strong to wind the sail.
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>   18) After a number of injections my jaw got number.
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>   19) Upon seeing the tear in the painting I shed a tear.
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>   20) I had to subject the subject to a series of tests.
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>   21) How can I intimate this to my most intimate friend?



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