stevecurious 42059 Report post Posted January 4, 2012 Thank God I used to date an English woman or I would have missed Britain! On a side note this is a fun way to see if one truly does have the command of the English language that he thinks he does. It appears as though "I am NOT the very model of a modern Major General!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest s******ecan**** Report post Posted January 4, 2012 Very cool, a fabulous tribute to our "melting pot" language. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Reuben Sandwich 13841 Report post Posted January 5, 2012 i missed the part about Uranus and your anus. Not to be confused with anal canal. Needs some analogy. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kyra.Graves 23779 Report post Posted January 5, 2012 What a great post, as an English as a first language speaker I definitely have an advantage. I wouldn't even get past the first two lines if you did a similar poem in French *sigh* as languages are not my strong suit. Still I loved reading it thanks for sharing! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Meg O'Ryan 266444 Report post Posted January 5, 2012 That was awesome. I would love to see one in French! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bcguy42 38594 Report post Posted January 5, 2012 Well that was fun! And proof as to why English is so hard for adults to learn. It reminded me of the sentence we would have our daughters learn to pronounce correctly when they were kids: Those three trees over there. Our's is a mixed French and English household. Getting a francophone through that sentence without any "d"s was the trick. Both girls do it perfectly, by the way! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
roamingguy 300292 Report post Posted January 5, 2012 Well I read it outloud (my cat looking at me funny while I did) and if read (not red LOL) slowly and carefully, well I did ok except with the following one word, which I looked up after reading Terpsichore But now you know why they say learning English is difficult And Malika, don't be too hard on yourself for failing that, you write and comprehend (from the postings I've seen) English a lot better than I do French Thanks for that. RG Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The General 11309 Report post Posted January 5, 2012 Makes one dizzy trying to read it. I know that I didn't get them all pronounced right. I read some red words, but I do think that people should bear with me, or should I say bare with me on a site with sights like this.... Got to love languages period. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
spud271 47779 Report post Posted January 6, 2012 That was fascinating to attempt. I don't think I faltered at all...very interesting. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phaedrus 209521 Report post Posted January 6, 2012 That was awesome. I would love to see one in French! No chance. French is way too sensible :) well I did ok except with the following one word, which I looked up after readingTerpsichore We'll forgive you, seeing as she's Greek :) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ajd20000 655 Report post Posted January 7, 2012 Ghoti is much older than the UN - it's usually attributed to George Bernard Shaw. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
