Why ENGLISH is so Hard to Learn

The Unknown Man · **Posted:** July 13th, 2007, 10:33 pm

1) The bandage was wound around the wound.
2) The farm was used to produce produce.
3) The dump was so full that it had to refuse more refuse.
4) We must polish the Polish furniture.
5) He could lead if he would get the lead out.
6) The soldier decided to desert his dessert in the desert.
7) Since there is no time like the present, he thought it was time to present the present.
8. A bass was painted on the head of the bass drum.
9) When shot at, the dove dove into the bushes.
10) I did not object to the object.
11) The insurance was invalid for the invalid.
12) There was a row among the oarsmen about how to row.
13) They were too close to the door to close it.
14) The buck does funny things when the does are present.
15) A seamstress and a sewer fell down into a sewer line.
16) To help with planting, the farmer taught his sow to sow.
17) The wind was too strong to wind the sail.
18. After a number of injections my jaw got number.
19) Upon seeing the tear in the painting I shed a tear.
20) I had to subject the subject to a series of tests.
21) How can I intimate this to my most intimate friend?

Got this from here: http://jokes.comedycentral.com/random_joke.aspx?joke_id=9148

I found this really funny, I don't know if you seen this particular one or something similar but there it is. I agree with it

Adbot · **Posted:** July 13th, 2007, 10:33 pm

Mushroom Queen · **Posted:** July 13th, 2007, 10:55 pm

Haha, some of these are very tricky.

"7) Since there is no time like the present, he thought it was time to present the present. "
:oops:

This one, for me, was most hard.

EnglishPenguin · **Posted:** July 13th, 2007, 11:00 pm

I'm just glad I'm English, so I didn't have to actually learn the language. It's a stupid language as well if you ask me, especially when you look at them.

The Haysta · **Posted:** July 13th, 2007, 11:55 pm

English is only good for puns.

Austin · **Posted:** July 14th, 2007, 12:01 am

I Heard Those On My Clan Forums

I Know Most Of Them

Brandt · **Posted:** July 14th, 2007, 12:06 am

English is a language that breaks all of its own rules for no reason

Adbot · **Posted:** July 14th, 2007, 12:06 am

Chief Snake · **Posted:** July 14th, 2007, 12:14 am

6) The soldier decided to desert his dessert in the desert.

That one confused me for a few seconds; when I was younger I always got "desert" confused with "dessert".

Ryan · **Posted:** July 14th, 2007, 5:01 am

Nothing fools me! I learnt most of the english language at a very early age, so I know how to write and pronounce sentences like that.

Sebastian · **Posted:** July 14th, 2007, 5:58 am

I didn't have any problems with any of those and I am Swedish O_o

momsrascal93 · **Posted:** July 14th, 2007, 8:09 am

Every one should just forget English and learn Spanish! At least they don't have words that are spelled that same but sound slightly diffrent or mean diffrent things. Maybe even Japanese or Chinese. But not French. I can't pronouce the sounds right. I can speak very little spanish, some chinese and I know how to say a phrase in japanese.

I know chinese from the chinese teacher.

Peng you:friend<-- Meaning
(pang yo) <-- Pronuciation

Ni hao: hello
(Nee how)

Ni jiao she meh ming zhu: what is your name?
(nee jow sheh meh ming zu)

Or jiao (name): my name is...
(or jow)

Xi jin: goodbye
(sigh jin)

Or ai ni:I love you
(or i nee)

I know one phrase in japanese but I won't post it because it translates to cursing.

Pfkninenines · Global Moderator 12/4/08

English is supposedly to be the hardest language to learn if it isn't your first language.

Glad I have English as my first language, as it seems to rule throughout the entire world.

MattVortex · **Posted:** July 14th, 2007, 3:31 pm

pfkninenines wrote:

English is supposedly to be the hardest language to learn if it isn't your first language.

Glad I have English as my first language, as it seems to rule throughout the entire world.

I heard it is one of the easiest to learn to speak, but one of the hardest to learn to write.r

Here's something interesting: English is the only language in which a house can burn down while it's burning up.

Mushroom Queen · **Posted:** July 14th, 2007, 3:39 pm

Matthew wrote:

pfkninenines wrote:

English is supposedly to be the hardest language to learn if it isn't your first language.

Glad I have English as my first language, as it seems to rule throughout the entire world.

I heard it is one of the easiest to learn to speak, but one of the hardest to learn to write.

Yeah, English isn't very hard to speak, but it's a lot harder to read and write it. It's like that with a lot of other languages though.

thinkjesse · **Posted:** July 14th, 2007, 6:43 pm

It is easier to learn as a second language when you are younger.

Iron Maiden · **Posted:** July 14th, 2007, 7:54 pm

Well I dont think its really hard to speak English. As many know, English is not my first language. I started to learn it when I was 10 year old. Yea, I know Im not perfectly talking English, But I have to say it's kind of easy to learn, And many people agree there, It's one of the easiest language to learn.

I have to say French is probally one of the hardest as it's got probally the highest number of punctiation,verbs according, etc.

English is not really hard to learn. But I have to agree, Its harder to write than speaking.