[Lexicog] Why the English language is hard to learn

[Peter Kirk]

On 25/04/2004 14:28, Mali Translation wrote:

>Reasons Why The English Language Is Hard To Learn:
>...
>Any other examples?
>
>

Presumably in

>8) A bass was painted on the head of the bass drum.
>
the first bass is intended to be a fish rather than a stringed
instrument (either double bass or bass guitar).

But for some more (there are plenty!):

I have axes to grind about the axes of this graph.

On what bases did you decide where to position the bases?

The goldfish's gills were turning blue, perhaps because there were only
two gills of water in its jar.

Every Sunday a mass [mæs] of (rather poshly spoken) Catholics go to mass
[ma:s].

Because there was no transport to transport them by a safer route, the
(British) soldiers were routed too close to the enemy lines, where they
were routed.

They were lowering the flags under a lowering sky.

NOTICE: Do not buffet people in the buffet car. Penalty £20.

They recounted how the votes were recounted.

I recovered a chair from my garage and recovered it with a nice fabric.

The Reformed Church was reformed after the schism.

The actors entrance their audience from the moment of their entrance.

Thou must adjust the valve settings in thy car to the nearest thou
(1/1000 inch). (This one is an improbable mixture of registers!)

Fritz, I am content with your content. If you resent a message, I don't
resent it. You are well read, you must read all the time.

--
Peter Kirk
peter at qaya.org (personal)
peterkirk at qaya.org (work)
http://www.qaya.org/



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