Reasons Why The English Language Is Hard To Learn

We must polish the Polish furniture.

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

10 weird, wonderful and unusual words in other languages

1.       The French have the phrase 'l'esprit d'escalier', which translates to spirit of the staircase. This is used to describe the precise moment a person comes up with a clever retort to an embarrassing insult.

2.     In Chinese if you tell a man they are 'dai lu maozi', meaning "he wears the green hat", it means that his wife is sleeping with someone else.

3.     It's weird that English doesn't have words for the German 'vorgestern' [the day before yesterday] and 'ubermorgen' [the day after tomorrow].

4.     A favourite word, and not for its literal meaning, is the Spanish 'puente' meaning bridge. Unlike ourselves, the Spanish hold their bank holidays on a Tuesday so that Monday will, on most occasions, be treated as a bridge day [an extra day of holiday] ensuring a four day weekend.

5.     Another favourite is 'faire du leche-vitrines' which literally means 'to lick the windows' and translates as window-shopping in France.

6.     The German word 'luftkissenfahrzeug'. The literal translation being 'air cushion vehicle', but to you and I it is the simple 'hovercraft'.  Jude, Birmingham, UK

7.     In Cyprus, the instrument used to remove staples from paper is termed a 'petalouda', literally translated into 'butterfly'.

8.     In Japanese, 'amakudari', literally translates as descent from heaven, describes the phenomenon of being employed by a firm in an industry one has previously, as a government bureaucrat, been involved in regulating.

9.     The Spanish for handcuffs: 'esposas', mi esposa means 'my wife'. So 'mi esposa, mis esposas' means 'my wife, my handcuffs'.

10.  There are a few more interesting German words such as 'handschuhschneeballwerfer', which literally means somebody, who wears gloves to throw snow balls. It is used in general for all cowards.

             Isn't English a funny language ?

There is no egg in eggplant or ham in hamburger; neither apple nor pine in  pineapple...
Is cheese the plural of choose?
If teachers taught, why didn't preachers praught?
If a vegetarian eats vegetables, what does a humanitarian eat?
In what language do people recite at a play, and play at a recital?
Ship by truck, and send cargo by ship?
Have noses that run and feet that smell?
Park on driveways and drive on parkways?                                                                                                                                         
Sweetmeats are candies, while sweetbreads, which  aren't sweet, are meat.
We take English for granted.  But if we  explore its paradoxes, we find that quicksand can work slowly,  boxing rings are square, and a guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig.
And why is it that writers write, but fingers don't fing, grocers don't groce, and hammers don't ham?                                                                                                                                                           
If the plural of tooth is teeth, why isn't the plural of booth beeth?
One goose, 2 geese. So, one moose, 2 meese?
One index, two indices?                                                                                                                    
How can the weather be hot as hell one day and cold as hell another?
When a house burns up, it burns  down.                                                                                            
You fill in a form by filling it out, and an alarm clock goes off by going on.
When the stars are out, they are visible, but when the lights are out, they are invisible.
And why, when I wind up my  watch, I start it, but when I wind up this essay, I end it?
English muffins were not invented in England or French fries in France.                                                                                                                                                 

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

                                                                                                              Now i know why people fail in english. 
It's not their fault but the silly language doesn't quite know whether it's coming or going.

Laws that must be unlawful to even pass

Now you will think that laws aren’t easy to pass with all the legal formalities, but still the UK has taken the trouble to pass a law that states A bed may not be hung out of a window. Its something everyone wants isn’t it? To attempt hanging a bed outside the window.  It is illegal for taxi drivers to carry rabid dogs or corpses. Everywhere else its totally legal to drive a corpse I guess.

Alaska has to mention Kangaroos are not allowed in barber shops at any time. But what if he really needs a hair cut or a new look, then? They also have a State Policy that all emergencies are held to a minimum. How do u minimise an avalanche or snow storm?

In Illinois they actually passed a law that states It is illegal to eat in a restaurant if it is on fire. Are you serious, would anyone still sit in one place if its on fire.!!!

In Marshalltown Iowa horses are forbidden to eat fire hydrants. Now the basic food of horses is a fire hydrant isn’t it?

In Fort Madison the fire department is required to practice fire fighting for fifteen minutes before attending a fire. So do they have someone predict fires so that they can practice before time or do they wait till the fire and then practice?

In Alabama Boogers may not be flicked into the wind however It is legal to drive the wrong way on a one way street if you have a lantern on the front of your car.

But still law enforcement is no joke after all a lot of thought goes into the laws.

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People have always been saying English is a funny language. You spell words a certain way and pronounce them in yet another way. Words spelt different are pronounced the same. Proverbs seem to counter each other.        Have you realised that while giving someone advice you might have told them Nothing ventured, nothing gained. But at the same time told them Better safe than sorry. 

While going for an interview if the candidate is told Clothes make the man, then the interviewers may be told Don't judge a book by its cover. 

An activist would believe Actions speak louder than words but a writer The pen is mightier than the sword. Who would u follow? 

While getting a task done with no profit people tend to preach Many hands make light work. However when a task involves money to be split Too many cooks spoil the broth. 

How can u decide if you are to Look before you leap or believe that He who hesitates is lost. 

Has it occurred to you that while referring to men we all think The bigger, the better. However for a girl people tend to say The best things come in small packages. 

When we tend to be in our low moods we all think What will be, will be. In a more positive frame of mind we all tend to believe Life is what you make it.

Makes you think which one is more true than the other, doesn’t it ?