Are You Tough Enough to Learn English?
tough = tuff
English is hard to learn
- They were too close to the door to close stänga it.
- We must polish polerar the Polish furniture polska möbler.
- The soldier decided to desert his dessert in the desert överge sin efterrätt i öknen.
- There is no time like the present — it is time to present the present.
- The wind is too strong to wind veva the sail.
- Upon seeing the tear reva in the painting I shed fäller a tear.
Let's face it - English is a crazy language
- There is no egg in eggplant aubergine.
- There is no ham skinka in hamburger.
- There is no apple in a pineapple ananas.
- English muffins weren't invented (made) in England.
- French fries weren’t invented in France.
Did you know that...
- Quicksand can work slowly.
- Boxing rings are square.
- Guinea pigs marsvin are not from Guinea. And, are not pigs.
And why is it that...
- Writers write but fingers don't
“fing” - One goose gås, 2 geese. So one moose
älg, 2 “meese”? - If you have a bunch of odds and ends småsaker, ditt och datt and get rid of all but one of them, what do you call it?
Sometimes I think all English speakers are crazy
- They have noses that run and feet that smell!
- When the stars are out, they can see them. When the lights are out, they can’t see them.
