Tuesday, June 28, 2005

English is an Interesting Language : Kaushal Patel

Some correct but funny sentences :

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.
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 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.

Now, Here are some of the facts :

There is no egg in the eggplant
No ham in the hamburger
And neither pine nor apple in the pineapple.
English muffins were not invented in England
French fries were not invented in France.
Quicksand takes you down slowly..
Boxing rings are square..
Guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig.
If I wind up my watch It starts.. But when I wind up a poem It ends.
If writers write, how come fingers don't fing.
If the plural of tooth is teeth Shouldn't the plural of phone booth be phone beeth
If the teacher taught, Why didn't the preacher praught.
If a vegetarian eats vegetables What the heck does a humanitarian eat!? HUMANS ???
Why do people recite at a play Yet play at a recital ?
Why do you Park on driveways and Drive on parkways ?
How can the weather be as hot as hell on one day And as cold as hell on another ??


English reflects the creativity of the human race (Which of course isn't a race at all)

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