[Rowdee]

I really wasn't sure where to post this. It could have been put in Vanities, though I believe it deserves a great amount of coverage.

And while I believe it could have easily fit on the Breaking News or Front Page as something to do with Politics or International Affairs or War, I finally opted for Culture and Society.

One may ask why would she consider this as anything to do with International or Foreign Affairs, and that is a legitimate question.

My answer, plain and simple: Down deep, I believe I've discovered the reason the rest of the world 'hates' us!

Please feel free to add to the lunacy that helps define we Americans!

[xm177e2]

while I believe it could have easily fit on the Breaking News or Front Page

Thank you for NOT putting this in "Breaking News"

[tbeatty]

Someone who didn't speak english natively asked me those two questions. Most languages have a lot more rules than English. Here's is question, and see if they make sense:

1. Difference between "on" and "in". We get "on the bus" but "in the car." Why? What's the rule for "on" vs. "in?"

2. Why do we say our alarm "goes off" when in reality it turns on?

[Rowdee]

A walk on the lighter side??? Happy New Year's to all.

[struwwelpeter]

When I was into German, I had this sentence about some Viennese wash-women that gave me conniptions... Die Wiener Waschweiber wollen weisse waeshche waschen or something like that. Krauts eat Nutella because peanut butter strikes them dumb.

Then there's the Russkies, with Clara stealing Carl's Clarinet Klara u Karla ukrala klarnet... yo-moyo, all the languages are screwed up! HAPPY NEW YEAR!! S NOVYM GODOM!! FROHES NEU JAHR!! WOOP WOOP WOOP!!

[VA Advogado]

How much have you had to drink tonight? You're even more incoherent than usual.

[RichInOC]

Maybe I'm wrong, but I could have sworn that George Carlin did this first.

[Jay W]

Another way of looking at that first list of 21 sentences is how easy English is, since most of the words in all of the sentences are not the least bit confusing. Consider this sentence from the list: Since there is no time like the present, he thought it was time to present the present.

In that sentence only the word spelled 'present' could cause confusion. But 14 of the 17 words in that sentence would cause no problem. That's a pretty high ratio.

[Cultural Jihad]

And then there's the big issue of why ships carry cargo while trucks carry shipping!

[coloradan]

Generals sleep in private quarters, but privates sleep in general quarters.

If conductors conduct, what do ambassadors do?

[RJayneJ]

A couple of years ago someone sent the bottom part of this article, and I posted it and got flamed for it. By the pros at that time. That was the first time I was flamed. But others came to the rescue.

[185JHP]

English is a great language - OTOH somehow we only have one word for love. Then again, we also only have one word for "you." And Mark Twain said "I'd rather decline two free meals than one German (forgot what goes here).

[Tony in Hawaii]

Calling a person who sews a "sewer" is just stupid, and it's a by-product of our PC age. The correct term is "seamstress".

And a male seamstress is just sad. :)

[america76]

English is easy. You don't know s**t about s**t!

[Nateman]

Since pro is the opposite of con the opposite of progress must be congress! ( See, it's not so hard sometimes! )

[Sloth]

Flammable and inflammable are synonyms.

When's the last time you heard of anyone being gruntled, couth or combobulated?

There are a number of words like 'dust' 'moot' and 'with' that can mean exactly opposite things. (e.g., We fought with (alongside) the British in WWII; we fought with (against) the Germans in WWII.)

BTW, I agree with the earlier post thanking you for not posting this in "Breaking News" -- two clues: it's not news, and it's not breaking.

[Amore]

Great list of sentences. I think people tend to forget how tricky our language really is -- but I get remindeded every time I have to explain to my little niece why something is so -- and I realize that there really is no explanation and that the correct answer makes no sense.

[HighWheeler]

....So one moose, 2 meese?.....

I hate to do this, but it's the law:

So the plural of choose is cheese.

"He took minutes to choose a choose from the plate of cheese, sheez"

[Ms. AntiFeminazi]

My answer, plain and simple: Down deep, I believe I've discovered the reason the rest of the world 'hates' us!

LOL! Happy New Year Rowdee! :)

[VRWC_Member428]

This may be a bit risque`, but here it goes...

Why do women have a pair of panties, and just one bra?

[rockfish59]

glad i was born here so i can understand it all!