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Isobel
Senior Member

since 2004-01-17

Posts 529
Qld, Australia

0 posted 2004-05-22 02:46 AM

MIND YOUR LANGUAGE

Why did we borrow words and change the meaning or change the way they sound,

Did we run out of words to say or do we like hurdles and place in front of us a mound.

BOW on a ship can be in a girls hair as BOW,

ROW is to fight and in line is a ROW.

PRESENT to introduce and PRESENT as a gift,

WIND for turn and WIND to help a kite lift.

WOUND is a sore that the bandage can be WOUND around,

MINUTE hand on a watch can be quite MINUTE I have found.

A DEAL is to agree and to share out is to DEAL,

SEAL is a stamp and to stick is to SEAL.

SOW is a pig and SOW is to reap,

DOES is present of do and DOES are female deer that leap.

TEAR is a rip and TEAR is to cry,

POLISH furniture has to have POLISH or it will dry.

SEWER is a drain and a SEWER has needle and thread,

DESERT is to leave and a DESERT is a wasteland we all dread.

DOVE is a bird and DOVE is to dive,

LIVE is to exist and in person, LIVE.

PRODUCE on a farm will always PRODUCE,

USE these words with care or they are of no USE.

CLOSE is near, so as you pass the door, please CLOSE,

BASS drum is to beat and BASS is a fish I suppose.

REFUSE is rubbish that a dump will REFUSE when full,

LEAD is a heavy metal while the dog has a LEAD to pull.

So mind your language, for sometimes it is hard for you to understand and get,

And give thought to those who find English not easy to interpret.

By Elizabeth Singh (14th May, 2003)

Kaoru

Member Elite

since 2003-06-07

Posts 3892
where the wild flowers grow

1 posted 2004-05-22 06:22 AM

English is harder than I'd originally thought.

Great write!

Marge Tindal

Member Empyrean

since 1999-11-06

Posts 42384
Florida's Foreverly Shores

2 posted 2004-05-22 10:25 AM

Isobel~
Girlfriend ... you nailed this one 'spot-on' !

I LOVE IT !!!!!

Do you know how great it is to see you?
VERY !
*Huglets*
~*Marge*~

~*When the heart grieves over what it has lost,
the spirit rejoices over what it has left.
- Sufi epigram <))><

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Trillium

Member Patricius

since 2001-03-09

Posts 12098
Idaho, USA

3 posted 2004-05-22 10:26 PM

Dear Isobel: I'm so happy to see you posting here and this is a cleverly thought out piece! What you say is so true. It's a wonder people from others countries ever learn the English language!

Love
Betty Lou

Betty Lou Hebert

Isobel
Senior Member

since 2004-01-17

Posts 529
Qld, Australia

4 posted 2004-05-23 03:33 AM

Dear Betty Lou, Marge and Kaoru

English is the only language that I know and I even find it hard to comprehend myself.

Thank you all for replying.

Love Isobel ox

Michelle_loves_Mike

Senior Member

since 2003-12-20

Posts 1189
Pennsylvania

5 posted 2004-05-23 09:41 AM

I very much dig where this is coming from, I have also noticed, that,
MINE is to own it, or gold comes from a MINE,

I don't MIND the noise, but it could make me lose my MIND,

To keep it safe put it in a CASE, just in CASE,
and

trying to increase my BUST, has always been a BUST.....
Hope you don't mind my tossing a few in,,,,,take care
Michelle

I wish all could find the true happiness I have found,,in the eyes of Mike

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