Yes, this is on the Up and UP....

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Yes, this is on the Up and Up...I just hope you can find time to put UP with this one!!!!  

You think English is easy???   

1 The bandage was wound around the wound.
2 The farm was used to produce produce ..
3 The rubbish tip was so full that it had to refuse any 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 for the invalid was 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 pipe..
16.  To help with planting, the farmer taught his sow to sow.
17.  The wind was too weak to wind the windmill's 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. There is no egg in an eggplant, nor ham in a hamburger; neither apple nor pine in pineapple. English muffins weren't invented in England, nor French fries in France . Sweetmeats are candies, while sweetbreads, which aren't sweet, are meat. The mincemeat in mince pies is fruit. We take English for granted. But, if we explore its paradoxes, we find that quicksand can work slowly, boxing rings are square and a guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig. 

And why is it that writers write but fingers don't fing, grocers don't groce and hammers don't ham? If the plural of tooth is teeth, why isn't the plural of booth, beeth? One goose, 2 geese. So one moose, 2 meese? One index, 2 indices? Doesn't
it seem crazy that you can make amends but not one amend? If you have a bunch of odds and ends and get rid of all but one of them, what do you call it? (An oddment, I think? David)

If teachers taught, why didn't preachers praught? If a vegetarian eats vegetables, what does a humanitarian eat? Sometimes I think all the English speakers should be committed to an asylum for the verbally insane. In what other language do people recite at a play, and play at a recital? Ship by truck and send cargo by ship? Have noses that run and feet that smell?

How can a slim chance and a fat chance be the same, while a wise man and a wise guy are opposites? You have to marvel at the unique lunacy of a language in which your house can burn up as it burns down, in which you fill out a form by filling it in, and in which an alarm goes off by going on. 

English was invented by people, not computers, and it reflects the creativity of the human race, which, of course, is not a race at all. That is why, when the stars are out, they are visible, but when the lights are out, they are invisible.

P.S. - Why doesn't 'Buick' rhyme with 'quick' ?

You lovers of the English language might enjoy this: 

There is a two-letter word that perhaps has more meanings than any other two-letter word, and that is 'UP.'

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, and why is it UP to the secretary to write UP a report ? 

We call UP our friends.  And we use colour to brighten UP a room, and polish UP the silver; we warm UP the leftovers and clean UP the kitchen. We lock UP the house and some guys fix UP the old car.

At other times the little word has a really 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.  A drain must be opened UP because it is stopped UP. We open UP a shop 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  in the dictionary. In a desk-sized dictionary, it takes
UP almost 1/4th 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 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 wets the earth and often messes UP things. When it doesn't rain for a while, things dry UP.

One could go on and on, but I'll wrap it UP, for now my time is UP, so...it is time to shut UP! Now it's UP to you what you do with this email.

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sjf53 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Valued Member Joined: April 06 2008 Location: Arizona Status: Offline Points: 400	Post Options Post Reply Quote sjf53 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Yes, this is on the Up and UP.... Posted: January 24 2010 at 6:28pm
	Yes, this is on the Up and Up...I just hope you can find time to put UP with this one!!!! You think English is easy??? 1 The bandage was wound around the wound. 2 The farm was used to produce produce .. 3 The rubbish tip was so full that it had to refuse any 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 for the invalid was 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 pipe.. 16. To help with planting, the farmer taught his sow to sow. 17. The wind was too weak to wind the windmill's 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. There is no egg in an eggplant, nor ham in a hamburger; neither apple nor pine in pineapple. English muffins weren't invented in England, nor French fries in France . Sweetmeats are candies, while sweetbreads, which aren't sweet, are meat. The mincemeat in mince pies is fruit. We take English for granted. But, if we explore its paradoxes, we find that quicksand can work slowly, boxing rings are square and a guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig. And why is it that writers write but fingers don't fing, grocers don't groce and hammers don't ham? If the plural of tooth is teeth, why isn't the plural of booth, beeth? One goose, 2 geese. So one moose, 2 meese? One index, 2 indices? Doesn't *it seem crazy that you can make amends but not one amend? If you have a bunch of odds and ends and get rid of all but one of them, what do you call it? (An oddment, I think? David)* If teachers taught, why didn't preachers praught? If a vegetarian eats vegetables, what does a humanitarian eat? Sometimes I think all the English speakers should be committed to an asylum for the verbally insane. In what other language do people recite at a play, and play at a recital? Ship by truck and send cargo by ship? Have noses that run and feet that smell? How can a slim chance and a fat chance be the same, while a wise man and a wise guy are opposites? You have to marvel at the unique lunacy of a language in which your house can burn up as it burns down, in which you fill out a form by filling it in, and in which an alarm goes off by going on. English was invented by people, not computers, and it reflects the creativity of the human race, which, of course, is not a race at all. That is why, when the stars are out, they are visible, but when the lights are out, they are invisible. P.S. - Why doesn't 'Buick' rhyme with 'quick' ? You lovers of the English language might enjoy this: There is a two-letter word that perhaps has more meanings than any other two-letter word, and that is 'UP.' 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, and why is it UP to the secretary to write UP a report ? We call UP our friends. And we use colour to brighten UP a room, and polish UP the silver; we warm UP the leftovers and clean UP the kitchen. We lock UP the house and some guys fix UP the old car. At other times the little word has a really 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. A drain must be opened UP because it is stopped UP. We open UP a shop 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 in the dictionary. In a desk-sized dictionary, it takes UP almost 1/4th 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 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 wets the earth and often messes UP things. When it doesn't rain for a while, things dry UP. One could go on and on, but I'll wrap it UP, for now my time is UP, so...it is time to shut UP! Now it's UP to you what you do with this email.

Mary008 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List V.I.P. Member Joined: June 22 2009 Status: Offline Points: 5769	Post Options Post Reply Quote Mary008 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: January 24 2010 at 7:36pm
	. many thanks for bringing it up... This is a fav topic of mine... English ( the history of English) youtube has the series. 1-9 worth watching. The Story of English BBC's Emmy Award winning nine-part documentary series called "The Story of English", hosted by Robert MacNeil. This episode (The Muvver Tongue) focuses on the history of the speech of London (Cockney and British RP) and its spread to the British colony of Australia. Others in the series follow English to the New World, discussing English in different areas of the US. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IowtkM2KHKw ............

sjf53 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Valued Member Joined: April 06 2008 Location: Arizona Status: Offline Points: 400	Post Options Post Reply Quote sjf53 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: January 25 2010 at 8:24am
	Thanks Mary, I will check this out.