[SandRat]

We've been too serious today so thought a little lite break was needed

[Prime Choice]

And a destitute swordsman had to sell off the walls of his practice pen.

That's right. He had to fence the fence fence.

[Coyoteman]

But learning English is more than a rite of passage, and immigrants do need to learn to read and write. Even some of the manual professions, such as being a millwright, require such skills. Right?

[untenured]

I unthinkingly pronounce "route" to rhyme with "bout." I know it's not the standard pronunciation, and it drives my wife crazy. Does anyone else say it this way? I'm wondering if it's a regional thing.

[rockabyebaby]

Hurry up and come down here!

[neverhome]

And, isn't it odd that an ASteroid can wreck an entire HEMisphere...

while a HEMorrhoid can only wreck... well never mind.

[expatpat]

You should try Chinese.

[RJL]

22) If foots are feet, then boots are beet.

[Gatún(CraigIsaMangoTreeLawyer)]

Thank you for your post.

I have taught English as a second language to Spanish speaking students, so I can appreciate how difficult English is. English is a very difficult language to learn…if it really can be completely learned with all its innuendoes.

A Latin or Greek based language, for me, would be easier to learn from scratch.

[I'm ALL Right!]

My husband has always said, "Let's make some freshly SQUOZEN orange juice!"

freeze, frozen...squeeze, squozen

[I'm ALL Right!]

Tawk amongst yah-selves...Here--I'll give you a taw-pic:

A guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig.

Discuss.

[SaveTheChief]

Nifty. BTTT

[AlexW]

Here in Slovakia, I provide tutoring in English conversation.

Your list is one of my favorite teaching aids..
It is posted in many places on the internet.
I wish there were more list like these... I am running out of new ideas.

[chs68]

Thanks for posting this.

Here a a couple of others I have run across (not run a cross) in my dealings with people whose first language was not English:

1. "Double the debt". English pronounces the "b" in double, but the "b" in debt is silent. (I once got into a serious argument with a guy who said that the "b" in debt had to be pronounced.)

2. Pittsburgh/Edinburgh. Why isn't it pronounced "Pittsboro"?