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English the funniest language
On Nov 15, 7:44*am, "Michael Kuettner" >
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> > 'Ophelia[_7_ Wrote:
> >> On Nov 14, 10:15 pm, learnspeakingenglish
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> >> We will begin with BOX and the plural is BOXES.
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> >> But the plural OX should be OXEN and not OXES.
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> >> Visit for more
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> >>http://sites.google.com/site/easyeng...-the-funniest-....
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> >> What I'd like to know is how come bough, cough, dough, rough, and
> >> tough don't all rhyme? *What about bomb, comb, tomb, and womb?-
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> >> Just to catch you out.... eg
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> >>https://www.shop.helpforheroes.org.uk/
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> > English just added it's one millionth word. I don't know what it is; but
> > you can bet it's some chemical.
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> > By comparison, Italian has 250-350,000, Mandarin Chinese, 500,000. We
> > got a lot of syntax to figure out.
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> "English doesn't borrow from other languages.
> English follows other languages down dark alleys, knocks them over,
> and goes through their pockets for loose grammar."
> (Mark Twain ?)
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> Cheers,
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LOL!!
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