Can you read these right the first time?

[wildhorses]

1) The bandage was wound around the wound.

2) The farm was used to produce produce.

3) The dump was so full that 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 is 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 about how to row.

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

14) The buck does funny things when the 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) Upon seeing the tear in the painting I shed a tear.

19) I had to subject the subject to a series of tests.

20) How can I intimate this to my most intimate friend?


Let's face it - English is a crazy language.

[LaurenG]

1. 6, 15 and 17 got me

but the others were ok.

[wildhorses]

3. Those were hard

it helps to say them out loud sometimes...




gotta admit the English language is crazy!!

[Tom Kitten]

2. And if at first you don't fricassee,

Fry, fry again...

[wildhorses]

4. If at first you don't succeed,

:blush:



just can NOT post the rest of it

[BrotherBuzz]

5. I nailed number four!

[wildhorses]

7. Hurray!!!

:applause:

[progmom]

6. I wasn't sure how to read the first bass in #8

otherwise, those went remarkably well...

[wildhorses]

8. Excellent

:bounce:

[Aristus]

9. Yeah, number 6 got me.

And 'dessert-desert' mix-ups are a pet peeve of mine. Oh well, I guess nobody's perfect. :-)

[wildhorses]

11. maybe not but, you are DAMN close...

:pals:

[Aristus]

13. Aw SHUCKS!

:blush:


:pals: wildhorses! :hi:

[NV Whino]

18. The real trick to dessert vs desert

just think about which you would like two of.

[Oeditpus Rex]

10. One of the best examples of English weirdness

I ever saw was in an "I Love Lucy" episode. Lucy was pregnant, and she was concerned about the baby picking up Ricky's accent, so she had him practice reading bedtime stories. The one he read had the words "rough," "through," "bough" and "cough," and of course Ricky mangled them all.

But he had a point — four words with the same ending, and they all sound differently.

[wildhorses]

12. I rememeber that one

of course I probably remember ALL of them because,,,I LOVE LUCY

'member how Ricky found out she was pregnant? I cried my eyes out on that one!!!

[Oeditpus Rex]

15. 'Ees me!'

"I wan' you to meet my mother... I mean my wife!"

We're having a baby
My baby and me
You'll read it in Winchell
That we're adding a limb to our family tree

While pushing that carriage
How proud I will be
There's nothing like marriage
Ask your father and mother and they'll agree

He'll have toys, baby clothes
He'll know he's come to the right house
By and by, when he grows
Maybe he'll live in the White House

Our future looks brighter
But definitely
We're having a baby
We're having a baby
We're having a baby
My baby and me

[wildhorses]

20. that's the one...*sigh*

thanks for posting that

[sinkingfeeling]

14. 15 and 18 got me.

[wildhorses]

16. well done...

:applause:

[NV Whino]

17. Number 8 got me

I think that could have been a better sentence.

I am always amazed that anyone can learn English as a second language.

[wildhorses]

23. well done NV Whino!!!

:applause:

[dysfunctional press]

19. on the first day of 5th grade english, our teacher wrote the word "ghoti"

on the board, and said that if anyone could pronounce the word correctly, they would get an "A" for the semester, and could skip the class all semester as well-

he hadn't counted on me being the type that would read way ahead in the textbooks once i got them-
so i raised my hand and said "fish" (gh from rough, o from women, ti from action)

he didn't keep his promise- but he was an intern, and i doubt he ever made that offer again.

[wildhorses]

21. did you get the "A"?

surely you made an "A" after reading the whole book in advance...

[dysfunctional press]

27. oh i got the A...

but i had to do the work, and take the tests to do it.

however- when i took the ACT, my english score did get me out of the rhet requirement at u of illinois c/u.

[wildhorses]

28. well then some good came out of it after all

:woohoo:

[sakabatou]

22. Boo-yah!

Got them all!

[wildhorses]

24. ain't you da smartypants....

:woohoo:




:rofl:

[sakabatou]

25. A good rule of thumb is to read some of the replies first

[Karenina]

26. Most of those are on my voice-over demo.

I also use them on my ESL students who snarl at me saying, "And you have the NERVE to complain about how complicated German is!"

[momophile]

29. 8 and 15 got me. nt

[EstimatedProphet]

30. 8, 12, and 15

8-IMO, a bass (fish) or a bass (guitar) are just as valid.

12-Exactly how is the word'row' as relating to an argument, pronounced? I honestly don't know.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

31. I got them all except for 15...

The only kind of sewers I knew of were the ones that sewage travels through... :rofl:

[ProfessorGAC]

32. I Got #8 Wrong

As a musician, when i see B-A-S-S, i think Baes, not Baas! So, i failed on that one.

[SharonRB]

33. I got all of them the first time.