Ain’t English Funny?

As an ex-English teacher, I easily relate to how frustrating our language can be.

If you’ve ever felt stupid, then just read on.

(This little treatise on the lovely language we share is only for the brave!)

Here are some sample reasons why the English language is so hard to learn (and to teach!)

• The bandage was wound around the wound.
• The farm was used to produce produce.
• The soldier decided to desert his dessert in the desert.
• The insurance was invalid for the invalid.
• They were too close to the door to close it.
• Upon seeing the tear in the dress I shed a tear.
• I had to subject the subject to a series of questions.

And we know that there is no egg in eggplant nor ham in hamburger and neither apple nor pine in pineapple.

And remember this “rule” from school?

So, some questions for you…

If you have a bunch of odds and ends and get rid of all but one of them, what do you call it? Is it an odd, or an end?

Ship by truck and send cargo by ship? Have noses that run and feet that smell?

How can a slim chance and a fat chance be the same, while a wise man and a wise guy are opposites?

So what do YOU think of our language?

P.S. Why, when the stars are out are they visible but when the lights are out they are invisible? Just asking!