Remember, English doesn't borrow from other languages, it follows them down dark alleys,
hits 'em over the head and goes through their pockets looking for loose grammar.
>Nope. Not just your country...it's "English" everywhere :)
>
>>Are you running down my country, Mike? ;-)
>>
>>>Not only funny, but, sad.
>>>
>>>>The funny thing is Dragan has a better command of English than most of us who were born here.
>>>>
>>>>>1. The bandage was wound around the wound.
>>>>>2. The farm was used to produce produce.
>>>>>3. The dump had to refuse more refuse.
>>>>>4. We must polish the Polish furniture
>>>>>5. The soldier decided to desert his dessert in the desert.
>>>>>6. Since there was no time like the present, it was time to present the present.
>>>>>7. The farmer taught his sow to sow.
>>>>>8. After a number of injections my jaw got number.
>>>>>9. The insurance was invalid for the invalid.
>>>>>10. They were too close to the door to close it.
>>>>>11. I shed a tear when I saw the tear in the painting.
"You don't manage people. You manage things - people you lead" Adm. Grace Hopper
Pflugerville, between a Rock and a Weird Place