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Subject:RE: The English confusion, I mean language From:jgarison -at- ide -dot- com To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Tue, 9 Oct 2001 14:14:18 -0400
It SOUNDS like Richard Lederer (http://pw1.netcom.com/~rlederer/), but I
wouldn't swear it. Perhaps from his book Anguished English?
John
John Garison
Documentation Manager
IDe
150 Baker Avenue Extension
Concord, MA 01742
-----Original Message-----
From: Christine Gonzales [mailto:christine -dot- Gonzales -at- medstat -dot- com]
Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2001 1:48 PM
To: TECHWR-L
Subject: The English confusion, I mean language
Someone posted this on my company's Intranet today. Does anyone have any
idea where it came from?
Reasons why the English language is so hard to learn:
The bandage was wound around the wound.
The farm was used to produce produce.
The dump was so full that it had to refuse more refuse.
We must polish the Polish furniture.
He could lead if he would get the lead out.
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