Twenty-one reasons why English is hard to learn.

[Val]

1. The bandage was wound around the wound.

2. The farm was used to produce produce.

3. The dump was so full 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 was 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 on how to row.

13. They were too close to the door to close it.

14. The buck does funny things when 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. After a number of injections my jaw got number.

19. Upon seeing the tear in the painting I shed a tear.

20. I had to subject the subject to a series of tests. (could any one pronounce this sentence to me??? )

21. How can I intimate this to my most intimate friend?

[Blackmask]

Damn, presented like that it does seem confusing. And yet I could read it all and know what it meant.

Originally Posted by Val

20. I had to subject the subject to a series of tests. (could any one pronounce this sentence to me??? )

I'll give it a shot, there's not much in the pronunciation of those two words though, at least not in Australian.

I had to sebject the subject to a series of tests.

[Val]

10. I did not object to the object.

And this one?????
I really prefer portuguese!

[MSFixR]

Originally Posted by Blackmask

Damn, presented like that it does seem confusing. And yet I could read it all and know what it meant.



I'll give it a shot, there's not much in the pronunciation of those two words though, at least not in Australian.

I had to sebject the subject to a series of tests.

In both cases it is the syllable upon which the inflection is placed that makes the difference.
I had to sub-ject the sub-ject to a series of tests.
I did not ob-ject to the ob-ject.

If English was easy anyone could speak it.

wrong forum.

[Blackmask]

Close thread. Delete thread. Move thread. You're a moderator trapped in a posters body aren't you Phoenix.

you know me well.

[Captain Beefheart]

I learned all my intensive english through that man. To me it's an accomplishment when you can express yourself cynically in a foreign language. That's when you truly master the art of lexicon!

[Mónica]

Originally Posted by ://.Phoenix.

wrong forum.

That's what I thought as well... but thankx for sharing the list anyway!!

So now if you think that English is difficult, then go for, hmmm... choose from the list below...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...ative_speakers

[Keri]

Originally Posted by Val

20. I had to subject the subject to a series of tests. (could any one pronounce this sentence to me??? )

You need to emphasis the 'ject' in the first subject... but not the second. I think. Now I'm confused too... let's just go drool over Angelina instead Val?

[MSFixR]

Originally Posted by Keri

You need to emphasis the 'ject' in the first subject... but not the second. I think.

Originally Posted by MSFixR

In both cases it is the syllable upon which the inflection is placed that makes the difference.
I had to sub-ject the sub-ject to a series of tests.
I did not ob-ject to the ob-ject.

If English was easy anyone could speak it.

[Keri]

^ You didn't tell Val where to place his inflection though. Confusion abounds!

[MSFixR]

Originally Posted by Keri

^ You didn't tell Val where to place his inflection though. Confusion abounds!

Val knows where he can stick his inflection.

[Keri]

/smirk

[Val]

Originally Posted by MSFixR

If English was easy anyone could speak it.

Nahhhhh ....
English is easy.
The main problem is me. I'm too retarded to learn another language.
But if we compare portuguese to english, you will see that portuguese is ... absurdly ... more difficult.

Originally Posted by Keri

^ You didn't tell Val where to place his inflection though. Confusion abounds!

Hoooooney ....
what means "inflection"?

[Blackmask]

Originally Posted by Val

what means "inflection"?

It's where the emphasis is on the word, change in pitch of the voice.

hmmmm...teaching pronunciation via a message board I think is destined to fail.

[Dark Dude]

I didnt speak a word of english when I first came to the U.S. puro espanol.
I picked it up quite fast, teachers were surprised. my method was TV, I watched a lot of tv. so that explains why I dont speak english with an accent. I wish I did though, even I think those mexican spanish accents are sexy. tayke mee i am all yours, senor.

[MSFixR]

Originally Posted by Blackmask

hmmmm...teaching pronunciation via a message board I think is destined to fail.

Val (and others) needs to get one of them text to speech thingies. You think?

[Blackmask]

So he can learn to speak like a Dalek?

[MSFixR]