Wonder why English is so hard to learn for many?
In English language, words aren’t always pronounced the same, nor do they have the same meanings!
Try these on for size !
I wound the bandage around my wound
We would like to use that farm to produce the produce
You should polish the polish furniture
He did not find it important to intimate to his most intimate friend
My uncle decided to desert his dessert in the desert
Present time is the best time to present a present to my mother.
A dove dove into the bushes in the backyard
He did not object to the object
The wind was too strong to wind the sail
She was too close to the door to close it
A sewer and dressmaker fell down into a sewer line
A farmer taught his sow to sow to help him plant the plantations
The policy was invalid for the invalid
After a number of injections my jaw got number
When she saw a tear in her painting she shed a tear
They had to subject the subject to several experiments
He could lead if he would get the lead out
A bass was painted on the head of the bass drum
ISN‘T IT CRAZY ?!
If you can think of other such words do share them in the comment section below! 🙂
I long for the moment when we had long conversations about long lost friends.
I mean every word I said about that mean man who does not mean anything to any of us.
You sound so forlorn over the phone when you called me from Milford Sound.
The ground coffee spilt to the ground.
The foul smell came from the fowl.
The pocket seam seems to have have been unpicked while the seamstress seems to be picked by the police for pickpocket.
Those were really nice. Thanks for sharing 🙂
Crazy English!
Oh Dear Sara can you please tell me the tale about that tall tail again?
It’s not only english that has this crazy meanings. It applies to most languages. They may have the same spelling but pronounced differently. Some may even be pronounced same but have different meaning.
THE VIVA
SIR:
How does a processor work?
STUDENT:
The processor works according to the process.
The process of processor is the processing of process. When the process comes into the processor,the processor processes according to the process. So,this process of processing the process is done by the processor.
The following sentences submitted by the writer contain words with the same spelling but the pronouciation are not exactly the same;-
-I wound the bandage around my wound
-He did not object to the object
-The wind was too strong to wind the sail
-They had to subject the subject to several experiments
PRESENT IS THE BEST TIME TO PRESENT A PRESENT TO THOSE PRESENT.
It should be, “A dove dove into the bushes.”
If you say, “We saw…” then it would have to continue as, “a dove dive into the bushes.”