Post by LadyEowynOfRohan03 on Jun 7, 2005 16:50:47 GMT -5
[glow=white,2,300]I recently picked up a book titled Anguished English, by Richard Lederer. It is soooo funny. It has bloopers from the English language. Like my cousin said, when she heard her aunt talking about ebonics (you kow, the black izzle nizzle slang and stuff), "Wasn't there an ebonic plague?" lol! This is from the first chapter, I've taken some selections from it. I'll try and post some from each chapter everyday, if I can. Have fun.
Student Bloopers Win Pullet Surprises
A passive verb is when the subject is the sufferer, as in "I am loved."
At the end of The Awakening, Edna thinks only of herself. Her suicide is selfish because she leaves all who care about her behind.
The Gorgons had long snakes in their hair. They looked like women, only more horrible.
Zanzibar is noted for its monkeys. The British governor lives there.
The president of the United States, in having foreign affairs, has to have the consent of the senate.
To collect sulphur, hold a deacon over a flame in a test tube.
Artificial insemination is when the farmer does it to the cow and not the bull.
Abstinence is a good thing if practiced in moderation.
Heredity means that if your grandfather didn't have any children. Then your father probably wouldn't have any, and neither would you, probably.
The amount of education you have determines your loot in life.
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Student Bloopers Win Pullet Surprises
A passive verb is when the subject is the sufferer, as in "I am loved."
At the end of The Awakening, Edna thinks only of herself. Her suicide is selfish because she leaves all who care about her behind.
The Gorgons had long snakes in their hair. They looked like women, only more horrible.
Zanzibar is noted for its monkeys. The British governor lives there.
The president of the United States, in having foreign affairs, has to have the consent of the senate.
To collect sulphur, hold a deacon over a flame in a test tube.
Artificial insemination is when the farmer does it to the cow and not the bull.
Abstinence is a good thing if practiced in moderation.
Heredity means that if your grandfather didn't have any children. Then your father probably wouldn't have any, and neither would you, probably.
The amount of education you have determines your loot in life.
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