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		<title>Great Poems on English Language Idiosyncrasies</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Play Over at Boing Boing, I came across a link to some great poems on the idiosyncracies of spelling and pronounciation in the English language.  They don&#8217;t make for a great podcast.  The joy is in reading them.
Here is my favorite:
WHY ENGLISH IS SO HARD TO LEARN
We must polish the Polish furniture.
He could [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.todayspodcast.com/podcast/tp_20060405_english_poem.mp3" class="podcast">Play </a>Over at <a href="http://BoingBoing.net">Boing Boing</a>, I came across a link to some great poems on the <a href="http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/Idiosyncrasies">idiosyncracies</a> of spelling and pronounciation in the English language.  They don&#8217;t make for a great podcast.  The joy is in reading them.</p>
<p>Here is my favorite:</p>
<blockquote><p>WHY ENGLISH IS SO HARD TO LEARN<br />
We must polish the Polish furniture.<br />
He could lead if he would get the lead out.<br />
The farm was used to produce produce.<br />
The dump was so full that it had to refuse more refuse.<br />
The soldier decided to desert in the desert.<br />
This was a good time to present the present.<br />
A bass was painted on the head of the bass drum.<br />
When shot at, the dove dove into the bushes.<br />
I did not object to the object.<br />
The insurance was invalid for the invalid.<br />
The bandage was wound around the wound.<br />
There was a row among the oarsmen about how to row.<br />
They were too close to the door to close it.<br />
The buck does funny things when the does are present.<br />
They sent a sewer down to stitch the tear in the sewer line.<br />
To help with planting, the farmer taught his sow to sow.<br />
The wind was too strong to wind the sail.<br />
After a number of injections my jaw got number.<br />
Upon seeing the tear in my clothes I shed a tear.<br />
I had to subject the subject to a series of tests.<br />
How can I intimate this to my most intimate friend?<br />
I read it once and will read it again<br />
I learned much from this learned treatise.<br />
I was content to note the content of the message.<br />
The Blessed Virgin blessed her. Blessed her richly.<br />
It&#8217;s a bit wicked to over-trim a short wicked candle.<br />
If he will absent himself we mark him absent.<br />
I incline toward bypassing the incline.</p></blockquote>
<p><a href="http://www.spellingsociety.org/news/media/poems.php" title="Spelling poems.">Spelling Poems.</a> (via <a href="http://www.boingboing.net/2006/04/05/poems_showing_the_ab.html">Boing Boing</a>)</p>
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