FW: [RD] Re: [DG] ... learn English through jokes ...
Ahmad Ridha
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employees take coffee breaks?If olive oil comes from olives, where does baby
oil come from?If people from Poland are called Poles, why aren’t people from
Holland called Holes?Do infants enjoy infancy as much as adults enjoy
adultery?Why the man who invests all your money called a broker?If horrific
means to make horrible, does terrific mean to make terrible?Why is it called
building when it is already built?If a book about failures doesn’t sell, is it
a success?If you’re not supposed to drink and drive, then why do bars have
parking lots?If you take an Oriental person and spin him around several times,
does he become disoriented
Yang ini stock lama, namun masih menarik, belajar bahasa via humor:-)
Enjoy!
The English Language (is a joke)
Have you ever wondered why foreigners (sorry non-native speakers) have
trouble with the English Language?
Let's face it
English is a stupid language.
There is 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.
We sometimes take English for granted
But if we examine its paradoxes we find that
Quicksand takes you down slowly
Boxing rings are square
And a guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig.
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!?
Why do people recite at a play
Yet play at a recital?
Park on driveways and
Drive on parkways
You have to marvel at the unique lunacy
Of a language where a house can burn up as
It burns down
And in which you fill in a form
By filling it out
And a bell is only heard once it goes!
English was invented by people, not computers
And it reflects the creativity of the human race
(Which of course isn't a race at all)
That is why
When the stars are out they are visible
But when the lights are out they are invisible
And why it is that when I wind up my watch
It starts
But when I wind up this observation,
It ends.
Anonymous
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