[elektro-etc] Szetszedtem 143

[HAJDU Csaba]

> Tényleg, ha már nehéz a magyar nyelv.
> Van más nyelv, amiben ennyit lehet röhögni a nyelvi 
> hülyeségeken, mint a mienken? Hogy nyelvi furcsaságokra 
> kabarészámokat lehet írni? (Aki jól tud angolul, franciául, 
> németül... annak a válaszára számítok.)

A magyart nehez felulmulni, pl. a felsorolt nyelvek egyiken 
sem lehet a szavak ele es moge tett kiegeszitesekkel 
alakitani a jelentesuket, mint a magyarban.

De itt van pl. egy angol szoveg a furcsasagaikrol:

  The English Language

  Have you ever wondered why foreigners have trouble with the 
English Language?

  Let's face it
  English is a stupid language.
  There is no egg in the eggplant
  No ham in the hamburger
  And neither pine nor apple in the pineapple.
  English muffins were not invented in England
  French fries were not invented in France.

  We sometimes take English for granted
  But if we examine its paradoxes we find that
  Quicksand takes you down slowly
  Boxing rings are square
  And a guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig.

  If writers write, how come fingers don't fing.
  If the plural of tooth is teeth
  Shouldn't the plural of phone booth be phone beeth
  If the teacher taught,
  Why didn't the preacher praught.

  If a vegetarian eats vegetables
  What the heck does a humanitarian eat!?
  Why do people recite at a play
  Yet play at a recital?
  Park on driveways and
  Drive on parkways

  You have to marvel at the unique lunacy
  Of a language where a house can burn up as
  It burns down
  And in which you fill in a form
  By filling it out
  And a bell is only heard once it goes!

  English was invented by people, not computers
  And it reflects the creativity of the human race
  (Which of course isn't a race at all)

  That is why
  When the stars are out they are visible
  But when the lights are out they are invisible
  And why it is that when I wind up my watch
  It starts
  But when I wind up this observation,
  It ends.