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Kav1ta
9/21/2008 11:53 pmLast Read: |
English is a tough language to learn, especially if you're a foreigner like me. I never thought I would have to try and speak it for the rest of my life. Can you understand these the first time you read it? 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. Upon seeing the tear in the painting, I shed a tear. 19) I had to subject the subject to a series of tests. 20) How can I intimate this to my most intimate friend?   Why worry and have wrinkles ... When you can smile and have dimples 
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 9/22/2008 12:22 am |
I know why American English is so hard to learn... I bet mrex will beat me to the answer. 
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9/22/2008 12:22 am |
English is a foreign language for me too. I speak Malayalam. Use the same tricks in Malayalam. I like such word play  Can't think up anything now.. You see this usage of the same word with different meanings in the Asterix comics all the time VASHALAN
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9/22/2008 12:40 am |
English is a foreign language for me too. I speak Malayalam. Use the same tricks in Malayalam. I like such word play Can't think up anything now.. You see this usage of the same word with different meanings in the Asterix comics all the time American English is a combination of many different languages. My grandparents have or had a "Danish" accent, even though my grandfather's parents were from Scotland. My grandmother and mother are both English. There is Irish somewhere in the family tree... look at my hair. Example, when you buy shampoo in America, you will see three different languages on the bottle... French, English, and Spanish. Americans are multi-lingual... they just don't know it. Well, I do.
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9/22/2008 12:56 am |
KIND AWESOME VERY INTELLIGENT TRUE ANGEL ...KAVITA, HMMMMMMMMMM BABE, NOT ' ENGLISH ' BUT THE " HINGLISH ' IS THE MOST CRAZY LANGUAGE IN THE UNIVERSE! SHHHHHHHH ' HINGLISH 'MEANS " HIMDUSTAMI ENGLISH " !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1 I LOVE THATTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT! LOLZ WITH LOVE ------------- LOVE U ALWAYS 
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9/22/2008 1:58 am |
kavita ....hey ...tats a good one .....regards...
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9/22/2008 3:24 am |
If you will hold loose you will loose--I do not want your reply anymore for the want of interest !!
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9/22/2008 10:21 am |
ENGLISH! is a sexy, crazy & funny language. The GOD in ME greets The GOD in U.
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9/22/2008 11:31 pm |
that's a gooooood one!!! but I see you are in Singapore, and if you can "survive" Singaporean English, then you can "survive" English in all its forms!!! 
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9/24/2008 9:08 pm |
I know why American English is so hard to learn... I bet mrex will beat me to the answer.  British English is hard enough for me ... forget about American English, am absolutely hopeless at that Too many slangs, and to many foreign expressions. Give me Spanish, French, Italian, or even Danish any time, and we can talk Thanks for stopping by. Why worry and have wrinkles ... When you can smile and have dimples
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9/24/2008 9:11 pm |
English is a foreign language for me too. I speak Malayalam. Use the same tricks in Malayalam. I like such word play Can't think up anything now.. You see this usage of the same word with different meanings in the Asterix comics all the time English is a foreign language to me too. That is why I put up this post  Am not familiar with Asterix. Why worry and have wrinkles ... When you can smile and have dimples
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9/24/2008 9:17 pm |
NO! American English is a combination of many different languages. My grandparents have or had a "Danish" accent, even though my grandfather's parents were from Scotland. My grandmother and mother are both English. There is Irish somewhere in the family tree... look at my hair. Example, when you buy shampoo in America, you will see three different languages on the bottle... French, English, and Spanish. Americans are multi-lingual... they just don't know it. Well, I do. Americans are multi-lingual... they just don't know it.  Why worry and have wrinkles ... When you can smile and have dimples
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9/24/2008 9:20 pm |
KIND AWESOME VERY INTELLIGENT TRUE ANGEL ...KAVITA, HMMMMMMMMMM BABE, NOT ' ENGLISH ' BUT THE " HINGLISH ' IS THE MOST CRAZY LANGUAGE IN THE UNIVERSE! SHHHHHHHH ' HINGLISH 'MEANS " HIMDUSTAMI ENGLISH " !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1 I LOVE THATTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT! LOLZ WITH LOVE ------------- LOVE U ALWAYS Actually, I quite like Hinglish. But not many understand that. Nice to see you again Why worry and have wrinkles ... When you can smile and have dimples
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9/24/2008 9:22 pm |
kavita ....hey ...tats a good one .....regards...  Glad you enjoyed this post. Thanks for stopping by dear Why worry and have wrinkles ... When you can smile and have dimples
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9/24/2008 9:24 pm |
If you will hold loose you will loose--I do not want your reply anymore for the want of interest !!     Why worry and have wrinkles ... When you can smile and have dimples
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9/24/2008 9:27 pm |
ENGLISH! is a sexy, crazy & funny language. Crazy, yes ... funny, maybe .... sexy ........ Do you know French?Thanks for stopping by. Why worry and have wrinkles ... When you can smile and have dimples
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9/24/2008 9:33 pm |
that's a gooooood one!!! but I see you are in Singapore, and if you can "survive" Singaporean English, then you can "survive" English in all its forms!!! Welcome to my space  Singlish is so totally diff yah know, it's a total Rojak, mix of Tamil, Malay, Paranakan, English, and the various other dialects. Me love it ... use it on occasions, especially when I need to bargain, "eh, can gimme better price, can lahhh!?!" Thanks for stopping by Why worry and have wrinkles ... When you can smile and have dimples
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9/25/2008 11:10 pm |
Hi Kunal Welcome to my space Singlish is so totally diff yah know, it's a total Rojak, mix of Tamil, Malay, Paranakan, English, and the various other dialects. Me love it ... use it on occasions, especially when I need to bargain, "eh, can gimme better price, can lahhh!?!" Thanks for stopping by The smaller problem is that (many) Singaporeans don't speak English - the bigger problem is that they think that what they speak is English! but I agree laah, its fun!!! understand?? can can ....
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9/29/2008 8:52 pm |
Hi Kunal They also say that ignorance is bliss, hehe I often find myself asking the person who is calling me on the phone, 'do you speak English?' after he or she rattled off something that was written down. If only they could put some 'feelings into what they're saying But that will never happen, I don't think, as more and more come here from the 'mainland' now They Really think they can speak English, if only they could understand what I'm saying Why worry and have wrinkles ... When you can smile and have dimples
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9/29/2008 11:24 pm |
Hi Kunal They also say that ignorance is bliss, hehe I often find myself asking the person who is calling me on the phone, 'do you speak English?' after he or she rattled off something that was written down. If only they could put some 'feelings into what they're saying But that will never happen, I don't think, as more and more come here from the 'mainland' now They Really think they can speak English, if only they could understand what I'm saying 10 years ago, whenever I travelled to Singapore, I could understand only 10% of what they said - now I can understand 60-70% (or maybe, my comprehension has become more liberal!!)
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9/30/2008 10:57 am |
I SAW A SAW SAWING A SAW.... DEFINITELY I DONT MEAN YOU. SUCH A MINUTE WORK COULD NOT HAVE BEEN DONE IN A MINUTE.... DEFINITELY I MEAN YOU.I MEAN IT IS NOT A MEAN WORK. WELLDONE KAVI!
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9/30/2008 8:09 pm |
Am a trifle more optimistic on this aspect ... 10 years ago, whenever I travelled to Singapore, I could understand only 100f what they said - now I can understand 60-70% (or maybe, my comprehension has become more liberal!!) I take it that you haven't been here in the last six months to see the rapid changes Every other person I speak to at a store now comes from mainland China, and those girls are not familiar with spoken English (as compared to textbook English )Your understanding of 60-70% is fantastic is that after trying for 10 years?  Why worry and have wrinkles ... When you can smile and have dimples
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9/30/2008 9:47 pm |
Hi Kunal I take it that you haven't been here in the last six months to see the rapid changes Every other person I speak to at a store now comes from mainland China, and those girls are not familiar with spoken English (as compared to textbook English )Your understanding of 60-70 0s fantastic is that after trying for 10 years? Anyway, shall be there again this month (not that I look forward to these trips!!!). Though this Singapore Flyer entices me!! 60-70% after trying for 10 years!!! is no mean achievement!!! "xie xie" for the applause!!!
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10/1/2008 9:00 pm |
Hahaha .... like the xie xie Didn't know you speak Mandarin Hey, gimme a buzz when you get here. Maybe I can show you the nicer corners of this little island Why worry and have wrinkles ... When you can smile and have dimples
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10/1/2008 10:16 pm |
Hahaha .... like the xie xie Didn't know you speak Mandarin Hey, gimme a buzz when you get here. Maybe I can show you the nicer corners of this little island Shall definitely let you know when I am there (wonder how am I supposed to accomplish that)!! You cud suggest a way by sending a msg (I see that your "inbox" is turned off!!
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10/5/2008 7:13 am |
Kav!ta..... you know these would work well for cops to use on drunk people  CAN YOU PLEASE READ THIS LINE ~Don't just count your blessings......share them~
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10/6/2008 9:00 am |
True Foxx But imagine if we were to use it in the Australin citizenship test? Only the convicts would still be here
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10/12/2008 7:10 am |
Speak Mandarin??!!!?? I just know "ni hao" "hen hao" "wo ai ni" and "xie xie" (maybe a few more)!! My Mandarin is as good as the English of mainland Chinese!!! Shall definitely let you know when I am there (wonder how am I supposed to accomplish that)!! You cud suggest a way by sending a msg (I see that your "inbox" is turned off!! Just checked my mailbox and don't see that it's turned off Didn't even know that one can turn it off You're welcome here anytime. Just hop on a plane, plain and simple  Why worry and have wrinkles ... When you can smile and have dimples
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10/12/2008 7:13 am |
Kav!ta..... you know these would work well for cops to use on drunk people CAN YOU PLEASE READ THIS LINE Didn't know that Hey, have tried several times to visit your blog, but each time I get the same message 'only friends who are in Firefox friends Network are allowed to comment' Why worry and have wrinkles ... When you can smile and have dimples
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10/12/2008 7:15 am |
True Foxx But imagine if we were to use it in the Australin citizenship test? Only the convicts would still be here Welcome to my little corner Why worry and have wrinkles ... When you can smile and have dimples
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10/15/2008 8:51 am |
ENGLISH IS THE INTERNATIONAL LANGUAGE!WE ARE USING THIS ENTIRE WHOLE WORD!IF WE DON'T USED A ENGLISH LANGUAGE,HOW WE CAN COMMUNICATE TO THE OTHER COUNTRIES?ITS SO HARD IF WEE DON'T KNOW THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE!I THINK IF ALL PEOPLE NOT USING THIS LANGUAGE,I THINK ALL COUNTRY WELL FIGHT!BECAUSE WE DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT THE PEOPLE SAYS IF THEY ARE TALKING THERE OWN LANGUAGE! GOD BLESS U ALWAYS! LIVE AS IF U HAVE TO DIE TOMORROW!
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10/16/2008 9:32 pm |
Kav1ta , - English is, indeed, a funny language and English as spoken in England is called Constipatese; it comes from somewhat constipated thinking which, in turn, is a result of many years of ruling the waves and the sun never setting over the empire .May I add another one - the mother mothered her granddaughter's mother to be a good mother to her granddaughter - sent to me by a lady in UK, a former colleague. Many thanks for the colection that you sahred. Fondest regards -Govind
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11/1/2008 8:45 pm |
ENGLISH IS THE INTERNATIONAL LANGUAGE!WE ARE USING THIS ENTIRE WHOLE WORD!IF WE DON'T USED A ENGLISH LANGUAGE,HOW WE CAN COMMUNICATE TO THE OTHER COUNTRIES?ITS SO HARD IF WEE DON'T KNOW THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE!I THINK IF ALL PEOPLE NOT USING THIS LANGUAGE,I THINK ALL COUNTRY WELL FIGHT!BECAUSE WE DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT THE PEOPLE SAYS IF THEY ARE TALKING THERE OWN LANGUAGE! GOD BLESS U ALWAYS! Welcome to my space at Blogsville You are right that English is spoken worldwide and that it is a necessity. Many misunderstanding could be avoided if we all spoke one language, not necessarily English, but just one language. Maybe in 100 years we will, as we are already fusing languages. Why worry and have wrinkles ... When you can smile and have dimples
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11/1/2008 8:50 pm |
Kav1ta , -English is, indeed, a funny language and English as spoken in England is called Constipatese; it comes from somewhat constipated thinking which, in turn, is a result of many years of ruling the waves and the sun never setting over the empire .May I add another one - the mother mothered her granddaughter's mother to be a good mother to her granddaughter - sent to me by a lady in UK, a former colleague. Many thanks for the colection that you sahred. Fondest regards -Govind Thank you for your contribution. Much appreciated Why worry and have wrinkles ... When you can smile and have dimples
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