Some Background…
There some real tongue twisters out there that I’m sure you have already heard of. She sells sea shells by the sea shore? Or how about the good old, Irish Wrist Watch! Try saying those a few times, but there are still things that made learning English quite difficult when we were younger. Much grief and pouting must of gone through us to understand the following phrases! There’s about twenty in here, so make sure to read on!
Some Phrases:
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.
A Sentence!
Let’s face it – English is a crazy language. There is no egg in eggplant nor ham in hamburger; neither apple nor pine in pineapple. English muffins weren’t invented in England or French fries in France. Sweetmeats are candies while sweetbreads, which aren’t sweet, are meat. 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.
