The joys of the English language

[Dare]

I bet F1Fan has a hard time with these 


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.
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) Upon seeing the tear in the painting I shed a tear..
19) I had to subject the subject to a series of tests.

[PG_Gabriel]

My head hurts.. And I have been speaking english my whole life 

[Dare]

My head hurts.. And I have been speaking english my whole life 

According to Ian we speak American,he and his gang of
cronies speak English

[lkjohnson1950]

Which English dialect? London, Cockney, North Country? Half the time people from opposite sides of England can't understand each other. Of course, I can't understand Ghetto slang either.

[Ian]

At last Lonny, someone not of the British Isles differenciates between a London and a Cockney accent.

[Wizzo]

Which English dialect? London, Cockney, North Country? Half the time people from opposite sides of England can't understand each other. Of course, I can't understand Ghetto slang either.

Yarp 

[cosworth151]

I went back to read the last two, too.

The same could be said about American English. We have words here in Appalachia that don't exist elsewhere. One such would be the word "haive." Usage: Hey, are y'all kids bein' haive out there?

[F1fanaticBD]

Well I believe, English has left England long time ago, now it belongs to the world. The language should be called Worldish in my opinion, because just look at this forum, we have people From Japan to USA, from Great Britain to Australia, and the language that hold us in the same line is English. Hey Ian I am not taking anything away from you, just the fact that its has became a great platform for people to transcend all sorts of boundaries, GPW forum is the living prove of that.

[Scott]

Switzerland has four national languages (english isn't one of them) and yet they start teaching English as the third language (in the German part French is taught from grade one, and English starts in either the third of fourth grade depending on the canton).  If that doesn't say something about English being a world language, I don't know what does.  There may be more people speaking a Chinese dialect in the world, but even the Chinese know they need to learn English if they want to work or trade with the rest of the world.

[Dare]

Which English dialect? London, Cockney, North Country? Half the time people from opposite sides of England can't understand each other. Of course, I can't understand Ghetto slang either.

Ian and Neil have made me well aware of the different English
accents thru 7 years in the chat room.We've had some great
times in that old room

[Ian]

Ee baa gum, we sure have to.

[Wizzo]

A great film here demonstrating several variants the beautiful English language.

[John S]

I went back to read the last two, too.

The same could be said about American English. We have words here in Appalachia that don't exist elsewhere. One such would be the word "haive." Usage: Hey, are y'all kids bein' haive out there?

You'd feel right at home in Norfolk Cos. 

[Dare]

Seems like every country has their own version of
hillbillies funny we never see ourselves in a bad light

I'd guess Kentucky and West Virginia are two of the most picked on
states,me not included