Crazy English

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While surfing the web I came across this list of sentences   entitled Why the English Language is So Hard to Learn.  Each sentence contains 2 words that are spelled exactly the same but pronounced differently and have different meanings. 

For example, The bandage was wound around the wound.

Wound and wound are spelled exactly the same but in the sentence I just read they are pronounced differently and have different meanings.  

 It's crazy right!?  How can you tell the difference?  Well, the answer is context - the other words in the sentence help you understand what the words are and the meaning.  Of course, this takes lots of practice.  

Let's read the list together...  


The farm was used to produce produce.

The dump was so full that it had to refuse more refuse.

He could lead if he would get the lead out.

The soldier decided to desert his dessert in the desert.

Since there is no time like the present, he thought it was time to
present the present.

A bass was painted on the head of the bass drum.

When shot at, the dove dove into the bushes.

I did not object to the object.

There was a row among the oarsmen about how to row.

They were too close to the door to close it.

The buck does funny things when the does are present.

A seamstress and a sewer fell down into a sewer line.

To help with planting, the farmer taught his sow to sow.

The wind was too strong to wind the sail.

After a number of injections my jaw got number.

Upon seeing the tear in the painting I shed a tear.

I had to subject the subject to a series of tests.

So what did you think about this list of crazy English?  Leave a comment on the blog.

Thanks for listening.  This has been Cassie Brenn for fastfoodenglish.blogspot.com