I'm fuming about the state of the NHS. Repellent Farage, when Brexiteering, openly stated that he wanted to see the end of it, and, for us in Britain, to adopt the American system of insurance based health care. God in Heaven!
The greedy manipulators of the masses!
The racists, xenophobes, shiftless etc, closed their ears to what was actually being said and danced about in their usual ignorance.
The Bank of England announced that voting to leave the European Union is costing Britain more than £200 million a week in lost growth since the referendum, that’s £300 per second.
Subject: English language 1) The bandage was wound around the wound. 2) The farm was used to produce produce. 3) The dump was so full that it had to refuse more refuse. 4) We must polish the Polish furniture.. 5) He could lead if he would get the lead out. 6) The soldier decided to desert his dessert in the desert.. 7) Since there is no time like the present, he thought it was time to present the present. 8)A bass was painted on the head of the bass drum. 9) When shot at, the dove dove into the bushes. 10) I did not object to the object. 11) The insurance was invalid for the invalid. 12) There was a row among the oarsmen about how to row. 13) They were too close to the door to close it. 14) The buck does funny things when the does are present. 15) A seamstress and a sewer fell down into a sewer line. 16) To help with planting, the farmer taught his sow to sow. 17) The wind was too strong to wind the sail. 18) Upon seeing the tear in the painting I shed a tear.. 19) I had to subject the subject to a series of tests. 20) How can I intimate this to my most intimate friend?
Let's face it - English is a crazy language. There is no egg in eggplant, nor ham in hamburger; neither apple nor pine in pineapple. English muffins weren't invented in England or French fries in France . Sweetmeats are candies while sweetbreads, which aren't sweet, are meat. We take English for granted. But if we explore its paradoxes, we find that quicksand can work slowly, boxing rings are square and a guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig. And why is it that writers write but fingers don't fing, grocers don't groce and hammers don't ham? If the plural of tooth is teeth, why isn't the plural of booth, beeth? One goose, 2 geese. So one moose, 2 meese? One index, 2 indices? Doesn't it seem crazy that you can make amends but not one amend? If you have a bunch of odds and ends and get rid of all but one of them, what do you call it? If teachers taught, why didn't preachers praught? If a vegetarian eats vegetables, what does a humanitarian eat?
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Sam, was the Saviour of the NHS.... playing golf somewhere?
Danae, how come Mrs May has failed to inform him that "There isn't a magic tree that grows money"
There was only ONE magic money tree and that was gifted to Ulster quite a while back.
Phaidra, I do like your Bevan avatar.
T hank you, Danae, I like it too.
I'm fuming about the state of the NHS. Repellent Farage, when Brexiteering, openly stated that he wanted to see the end of it, and, for us in Britain, to adopt the American system of insurance based health care. God in Heaven!
The greedy manipulators of the masses!
The racists, xenophobes, shiftless etc, closed their ears to what was actually being said and danced about in their usual ignorance.
The Bank of England announced that voting to leave the European Union is costing Britain more than £200 million a week in lost growth since the referendum, that’s £300 per second.
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/brexit-costs-200m-every-week-in-lost-growth-says-carney-mxr5cwkhf
Brexit is mugging us off but those who know it and continue on its path, are embarrassed to admit it.
You're right, Danae; there was only one magic money tree, just for Ulster. But, wasn't it quite something? A ONE BILLION magic money tree!
Phaidra, I do feel AND share your indignation.
Umm, what is this to do with gardening? Let's keep politics out of it shall we.
Subject: English language
1) The bandage was wound around the wound.
2) The farm was used to produce produce.
3) The dump was so full that it had to refuse more refuse.
4) We must polish the Polish furniture..
5) He could lead if he would get the lead out.
6) The soldier decided to desert his dessert in the desert..
7) Since there is no time like the present, he thought it was time to present the present.
8)A bass was painted on the head of the bass drum.
9) When shot at, the dove dove into the bushes.
10) I did not object to the object.
11) The insurance was invalid for the invalid.
12) There was a row among the oarsmen about how to row.
13) They were too close to the door to close it.
14) The buck does funny things when the does are present.
15) A seamstress and a sewer fell down into a sewer line.
16) To help with planting, the farmer taught his sow to sow.
17) The wind was too strong to wind the sail.
18) Upon seeing the tear in the painting I shed a tear..
19) I had to subject the subject to a series of tests.
20) How can I intimate this to my most intimate friend?
Let's face it - English is a crazy language. There is no egg in eggplant, nor ham in hamburger; neither apple nor pine in pineapple. English muffins weren't invented in England or French fries in France . Sweetmeats are candies while sweetbreads, which aren't sweet, are meat. We take English for granted. But if we explore its paradoxes, we find that quicksand can work slowly, boxing rings are square and a guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig.
And why is it that writers write but fingers don't fing, grocers don't groce and hammers don't ham? If the plural of tooth is teeth, why isn't the plural of booth, beeth? One goose, 2 geese.
So one moose, 2 meese? One index, 2 indices? Doesn't it seem crazy that you can make amends but not one amend? If you have a bunch of odds and ends and get rid of all but one of them, what do you call it?
If teachers taught, why didn't preachers praught? If a vegetarian eats vegetables, what does a humanitarian eat?
This discussion is in The Potting Shed ... anything can be discussed here as long as it's legal and doesn't cause bickering and bad feeling.
Very interesting international discussion on R4 this morning 'Should there be any limits on free speech?'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09qcybq
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Too right! But she came back out with an olive branch
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Dove
Only some mince pies go with custard