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Since there are some topics currently around about languages, I thought some non-native speakers/students of English may find this quote amusing, which I have rediscovered on my PC whilst browsing!
I'm afraid I don't know its source:
Since there are some topics currently around about languages, I thought some non-native speakers/students of English may find this quote amusing, which I have rediscovered on my PC whilst browsing!
I'm afraid I don't know its source:
English Language is Absurd
English spelling is absurd
as you inferred when first you heard
that "concurred" will rhyme with "bird"
and "interred" and even "heard" -
but not with "beard" which rhymes with "weird"
and "peered" and "cleared" and "chandeliered."
Knowing "word" you'd guess at "sword"
but have it wrong. It rhymes with "gourd"
and "snored" and "fjord" and "horde" and "hoard"
and with "abhorred" and "cribbage board" -
English spelling undoes one
(which word itself will rhyme with "done"
and "gun" and "fun" but not with "bone"
which rhymes with "moan" and with "cologne")...
Whatever might be its reward,
English spelling's so untoward
that it leaves one floored.
That's a good one for us ,who are not native speakers of English 
Who wrote it was very wit minded. Thank you for the caused laugh! After being 10 hours at work that's refreshing...
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