No wonder the English language is so very difficult to learn.
I sometimes wonder how we manage to communicate at all!
We’ll begin with a box and the plural is boxes.
But the plural of ox should be oxen, not oxes.
The one fowl is a goose but two are called geese,
Yet the plural of moose should never be meese.
You may found a lone mouse or a whole set of mice,
Yet the plural of house is houses not hice.
If the plural of man is always called men,
Why shouldn’t the plural of pan be called pen?
If I speak of a foot and you show me your feet,
And I give you a boot, would a pair be called beet?
If one is a tooth and a whole set are teeth,
Why should not the plural of booth be called beeth?
Then one may be that and three would be those,
Yet hat in the plural wouldn’t be hose.
And the plural of cat is cats and not cose.
We speak of a brother and also of brethren,
But though we say Mother, we never say Methren,
Then the masculine pronouns are he, his and him,
But imagine the feminine she, shis and shim,
So English, I fancy you will all agree,
Is the funniest language you ever did see.

MissJoy29:
Hmmmm....deep. Even though English language was my best subject in school and I also majored in
it in the university, I still don't totally understand it. Don’t think I ever will. The rules are just too complex and confusing!

English was never a good language even in Britain. Its so irrational a language that early British people themselves found it difficult to communicate each other. It wasn't until 1362 that they made it an official language to encourage its use. Before this period it was spoken as Pidgin.

Its so sad this's a language we're left with at the detriment of our more intuitive native languages.

Good write up,some people will castigate you for bad or poor English whereas our mother language, we refuse to learn and speak. Some parents will speak English to their children at home ,ask them where are they from,answer is I am from so and so town in x state how come you and your children can't speak your language answer is - we are Lagos based

Tonymario58:

And you wasted your parent's money, evil child

haba! i think you are more evil than i thought..

Tonymario58:

And you wasted your parent's money, evil child

No I didn't. I tried my best.

I'm not evil. Tone it down please

I'm sure you will enjoy this. One word in the English language that could be a noun, verb, adj, adv, prep is *UP*.Read until the end... you'll laugh. This two-letter word in English has more meanings than any other two-letter word, and that word is *'UP'*. It is listed in the dictionary as an [adv], [prep], [adj], [n] or [v]. It's easy to understand *UP*, meaning toward the sky or at the top of the list, but when we awaken in the morning, why do we wake *UP*? At a meeting, why does a topic come *UP*? Why do we speak *UP*, and why are the officers *UP* for election (if there is a tie, it is a toss *UP*) and why is it *UP* to the secretary to write *UP* a report? We call *UP*our friends, brighten *UP* a room, polish *UP* the silver, warm *UP* the leftovers and clean *UP* the kitchen. We lock *UP* the house and fix *UP* the old car. At other times, this little word has real special meaning. People stir *UP* trouble, line UP for tickets, work *UP* an appetite, and think *UP* excuses. To be dressed is one thing but to be dressed *UP* is special. And this *UP* is confusing: A drain must be opened *UP* because it is blocked *UP*. We open *UP* a store in the morning but we close it *UP* at night. We seem to be pretty mixed *UP* about *UP*! To be knowledgeable about the proper uses of *UP*, look *UP* the word *UP* in the dictionary. In a desk-sized dictionary, it takes *UP* almost 1/4 of the page and can add *UP* to about thirty definitions. If you are *UP* to it, you might try building *UP* a list of the many ways *UP* is used. It will take *UP* a lot of your time, but if you don't give *UP*, you may wind *UP* with ( *UP* to) a hundred or more. When it threatens to rain, we say it is clouding *UP*. When the sun comes out, we say it is clearing *UP*. When it rains, it soaks *UP* the earth. When it does not rain for awhile, things dry *UP*. One could go on and on, but I'll wrap it *UP*, for now...... my time is *UP*! So, did this whole thing, crack you *UP*? Send this on to everyone you look *UP* in your address book... or not... it's *UP* to you.

sirBLUNT:
haba! i think you are more evil than i thought..

Thanks my hero.

Goodmorning

drololaaof:
Good write up,some people will castigate you for bad or poor English whereas our mother language, we refuse to learn and speak. Some parents will speak English to their children at home ,ask them where are they from,answer is I am from so and so town in x state how come you and your children can't speak your language answer is - we are Lagos based

Lol...so true

This poem is not yours you copied it.

musicwriter:


English was never a good language even in Britain. Its so irrational a language that early British people themselves found it difficult to communicate each other. It wasn't until 1362 that they made it an official language to encourage its use. Before this period it was spoken as Pidgin.

Its so sad this's a language we're left with at the detriment of our more intuitive native languages.

So sad indeed! The language is so technical. It's almost annoying...

Luukasz:
One of the reasons why school and academics is overrated, many folks are in school while some outta school and they dont even really understand their course.
Even someone who didn't study their course or goes to school, know better than they do

Exactly!

MissJoy29:
Thanks my hero.
Goodmorning

hey! ma crush...goodmorning hope you slept lika a baby?

MrFly:
d difference btw Watford and Arsenal is clear.. LACAZETTE is waiting to devour Lindelof

same Watford wey chop una

sirBLUNT:
hey! ma crush...goodmorning hope you slept lika a baby?

Yes I definitely did

Thank you. Hope you slept well too

MissJoy29:

Yes I definitely did

Thank you. Hope you slept well too

oh yes i did..am looking forward to a better day ahead...i must say u are different..

sirBLUNT:
oh yes i did..am looking forward to a better day ahead...i must say u are different..

You will surely have a better day. Different? How?

So deep a poem: it bliss my day

Waiting so long, my nature is here

Agape my mouth into bewilderment

Grateful, Grateful; Your skyrocketing begins from the sky.

Papadoh:
There is no egg in eggplant No ham in hamburger And neither pine nor apple in 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. When stars are out they are visible But when lights are out they are invisible.

Every language has it's bizarre elements
It's not just English

MissJoy29:

You will surely have a better day. Different? How?

different in all ramifications..what is your temperament trait? and wats your love language?

Papadoh:
There is no egg in eggplant
No ham in hamburger
And neither pine nor apple in 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. When stars are out they are visible
But when lights are out they are invisible.

This is someone else's write up. It's plagiarism unless you post the source. Well I'll post it for you
http://www.c4vct.com/kym/humor/esl.htm
Smh

zeekeyboy:
I'm sure you will enjoy this. One word in the English
language that could be a noun, verb, adj, adv, prep is
*UP*.Read until the end... you'll laugh.
This two-letter word in English has more meanings than any
other two-letter word, and that word is *'UP'*. It is listed in
the dictionary as an [adv], [prep], [adj], [n] or [v].
It's easy to understand *UP*, meaning toward the sky or at
the top of the list, but when we awaken in the morning, why
do we wake *UP*?
At a meeting, why does a topic come *UP*? Why do we
speak *UP*, and why are the officers *UP* for election (if
there is a tie, it is a toss *UP*) and why is it *UP* to the
secretary to write *UP* a report? We call *UP*our friends,
brighten *UP* a room, polish *UP* the silver, warm *UP* the
leftovers and clean *UP* the kitchen. We lock *UP* the house
and fix *UP* the old car.
At other times, this little word has real special meaning.
People stir *UP* trouble, line UP for tickets, work *UP* an
appetite, and think *UP* excuses.
To be dressed is one thing but to be dressed *UP* is
special.
And this *UP* is confusing: A drain must be opened *UP*
because it is blocked *UP*.
We open *UP* a store in the morning but we close it *UP* at
night. We seem to be pretty mixed *UP* about *UP*!
To be knowledgeable about the proper uses of *UP*, look
*UP* the word *UP* in the dictionary. In a desk-sized
dictionary, it takes *UP* almost 1/4 of the page and can add
*UP* to about thirty definitions.
If you are *UP* to it, you might try building *UP* a list of the
many ways *UP* is used. It will take *UP* a lot of your time,
but if you don't give *UP*, you may wind *UP* with ( *UP*
to) a hundred or more.
When it threatens to rain, we say it is clouding *UP*. When
the sun comes out, we say it is clearing *UP*. When it rains,
it soaks *UP* the earth. When it does not rain for awhile,
things dry *UP*. One could go on and on, but I'll wrap it
*UP*, for now...... my time is *UP*!
So, did this whole thing, crack you *UP*?
Send this on to everyone you look *UP* in your address
book... or not... it's *UP* to you.

Another plagiarized write up just like the OP
Please always give credit to the person who wrote something up. It's easy for you to copy and paste but that person took their time to write down their ideas
https://www./one-word-english-language-can-noun-verb-adj-adv-prep-up-maia-louro

Ochinex:
So deep a poem: it bliss my day
Waiting so long, my nature is here
Agape my mouth into bewilderment
Grateful, Grateful; Your skyrocketing begins from the sky.

The last line is great.

Papadoh:
There is no egg in eggplant
No ham in hamburger
And neither pine nor apple in 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. When stars are out they are visible
But when lights are out they are invisible.

Dude, it is downright plagiarization for you to claim this age old article as yours.

That is not only lazy, it is downright criminal!

lovely piece.

nice one. reminds me of professor Niyi Osundarr

KingLennon:
I guessed you just wanted to sound funny. You try sha.





Manchester United for life let's go get arsenal this weekend

We are waiting for u guys..

MissJoy29:

So sad indeed! The language is so technical. It's almost annoying...

Not just technical as every other language have got its share of technicalities, but English is almost illogical. In fact, one have to be mad to understand English very well. Linguists were so much bothered about it and when they checked they discovered English is the best language for telling lies.

English language was created by illiterates who couldn't speak Greek, French, Spanish, Latin, German. That's why it's such an illogical language, actually one of the worst language on earth.

It was never a language from beginning as English people themselves considered it illogical, because its a patched up language from many other languages. The original Pidgin is English language.

The origin of English language. Everybody should see these videos, it's under 20 minutes, all.

The evolution of English language.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIzFz9T5rhI
The origin of English language.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEaSxhcns7Y
The history of English language.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3ZJuCbklqg
How languages evolve.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWDKsHm6gTA

Why

sirBLUNT:
different in all ramifications..what is your temperament trait? and wats your love language?

Good different or bad different?

Temperament: MelSan
Love Language (the two most important) :
1) Acts of service (very important)
2) Gifts

What are yours?

musicwriter:


Not just technical as every other language have got its share of technicalities, but English is almost illogical. In fact, one have to be mad to understand English very well. Linguists were so much bothered about it and when they checked they discovered English is the best language for telling lies.

English language was created by illiterates who couldn't speak Greek, French, Spanish, Latin, German. That's why it's such an illogical language, actually one of the worst language on earth.

It was never a language from beginning as English people themselves considered it illogical, because its a patched up language from many other languages. The original Pidgin is English language.

The origin of English language. Everybody should see these videos, it's under 20 minutes, all.

The evolution of English language.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIzFz9T5rhI
The origin of English language.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEaSxhcns7Y
The history of English language.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3ZJuCbklqg
How languages evolve.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWDKsHm6gTA

Illogical? Yes. Used for telling lies & created by illiterates? Lol

MissJoy29:

Illogical? Yes. Used for telling lies & created by illiterates? Lol

Noam Chomsky is the world's foremost lingust. He indeed said English is the best language for telling lies, its not just his view, but the view of linguists.

Noam Chomsky on the concept of language.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdUbIlwHRkY

musicwriter:


Noam Chomsky is the world's foremost lingust. He indeed said English is the best language for telling lies, its not just his view, but the view of linguists.

Noam Chomsky on the concept of language.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdUbIlwHRkY

Wow!