bhaktajan Posted February 27, 2008 Report Share Posted February 27, 2008 Hrmpf…. English! Why is there one O in lose but two in choose? Why are you, true, too, do, new rhyming yet spelled entirely different? Why is the plural of tooth; teeth, but not booth; beeth? If a teacher taught why didn’t a preacher praught? Why does slim chance and fat chance mean the same while wise man and wise guy mean the opposite? Why does one ship by a truck and send cargo via a ship? Or if they’re spoiled they’re also rotten? When teaching prepositions I’ll teach them that once drinks himself UNDER the table? And that the next morning once has a hang OVER? What about hanging out? What is one hanging? Or KILLING TIME (is time alive?) while eating a HOT DOG (why not cat)? Why is meat, great and threat spelled the same, pronounced differently, while rhyming w suite, straight and debt? Or why do heard & word rhyme? Dead is like bed (not bead). Why don’t go and do rhyme? Or blood and food? Why not wart and cart? Tomb, bomb, comb? <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Korea</st1:place></st1:country-region>, area, sea, idea? Enough, though, through, plough and dough? Why DO however busy and dizzy rhyme? Verse, rhymes with worse? Broad, reward? Low, toe? Why do you say <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">KansaS</st1:place></st1:State> but Arkansa(s)? A dirty police has lice? I live, therefore I am alive? I see the beautiful sea. Do you agree with me? Have you ever tried to teach a Spanish person the word Sheet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indulekhadasi Posted February 27, 2008 Report Share Posted February 27, 2008 This is driving me nuts but its true! Bengali is a lot sweeter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sopatel Posted February 27, 2008 Report Share Posted February 27, 2008 ahhh mental strain...... lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indulekhadasi Posted February 28, 2008 Report Share Posted February 28, 2008 Still...it's true! Oh better not think about that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shivaduta Posted March 6, 2008 Report Share Posted March 6, 2008 interesting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indulekhadasi Posted March 7, 2008 Report Share Posted March 7, 2008 Still there is some trace of Sanskrit in English... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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