English is a Funny Language – Part III

Did you like the post And you thought English was easy? Well, here is Part III in the series English is a Funny Language. Read Part I and Part II.

Before further ado… here’s some more phrases a lexophile would love:

• A seamstress, and a sewer, fell down into a sewer line.
• After a number of Novocain injections, my jaw got number.
• At the Army base, a bass was painted on the head of a bass drum.
• He could lead, if he would get the lead out.
• How can I intimate this to my most intimate friend?
• I did not object to the object.
• I had to subject the subject to a series of tests.
• I spent last evening, evening out a pile of dirt.
• Since there is no time like the present, he thought it was time to present the present.
• The bandage was wound around the wound.
• The buck does funny things, when the does are present.
• The dump was so full that it had to refuse more refuse.
• The farm was used to produce produce.
• The insurance was invalid for the invalid.
• The soldier decided to desert his dessert in the desert.
• The wind was too strong to wind the sail.
• There was a row among the oarsmen about how to row.
• They were too close to the door to close it.
• To help with planting, the farmer taught his sow to sow.
• Upon seeing the tear in the painting I shed a tear.
• We must polish the Polish furniture.
• When shot at, the dove dove into the bushes.

And, to close this post, try pronouncing this:

If you have a rough cough, climbing can be tough when going through the bough on a tree!

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