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Fun with English

ارسال شده: سه‌شنبه ۱۱ مهر ۱۳۸۵, ۱:۱۳ ب.ظ
توسط Ines
[align=left]How strange can a language be? :eek:


There is no egg in an eggplant. It doesn't look or taste like an egg.

There is no ham in a hamburger.

There is no pine nor apple in a pineapple. 

ارسال شده: سه‌شنبه ۱۱ مهر ۱۳۸۵, ۵:۴۸ ب.ظ
توسط Ines
[align=left]Some names seem to describe the opposite of what the things really are:


Quicksand pulls you down slowly.

Boxing rings are square.

A Guinea pig is not from Guinea and it is not a member of the pig family. 

ارسال شده: چهارشنبه ۱۲ مهر ۱۳۸۵, ۱:۰۵ ب.ظ
توسط Ines
[align=left]Some examples of why you cannot blindly follow English grammar rules:


If the plural of tooth is teeth and the plural of goose is geese, then shouldn't the plural of phone booth be phone beeth and the plural of moose be meese? Maybe they should be, but they aren't.

If the teacher taught, why didn't the preacher praught?

If a vegetarian eats vegetables, what do you think a humanitarian eats? :grin:

How can a house that is burning up finally end in being burned down? :eek:

At a bank or loan office, how can you fill in the necessary information as you fill out the forms?

Why is it that when the stars are out they are visible, but when the lights are out they are invisible?

Why do people recite at a play, yet play at a recital?

Why do people park on driveways but drive on parkways? 

ارسال شده: پنج‌شنبه ۱۳ مهر ۱۳۸۵, ۳:۳۹ ب.ظ
توسط Ines
[align=left]God does have a sense of humour

A man was praying to god. He said, "God?"God
responded, "Yes?"And the Guy said, "Can i ask a
question?""Go right ahead", God said."God, what is a
million years to you?"God said, "A million years to me
is only a second."The man wondered.Then he asked,
"God, what is a million dollars worth to you?"God
said, "A million dollars to me is a penny."So the man
said, "God can I have a penny?"And God cheerfully
said,"Sure!.......just a  

English riddles

ارسال شده: پنج‌شنبه ۱۳ مهر ۱۳۸۵, ۷:۲۶ ب.ظ
توسط sohrab_poet
Why are dogs afraid to sunbathe?
They dont want to be hot-dogs.
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What stays hot even if put in a refrigerator?
Pepper
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What can't be used unless broken?
Egss
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What two words contain thousands of letters?
Post Office
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What did the big chimney say to the little chimney while working?
You are young to smoke
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How do we know the ocean is friendly?
It waves
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Why should we never ask balloons for advice?
Because they are full of hot air
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Which can move faster, heat of cold?
Heat,because you can catch cold
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Who always drives his customers away?
A taxi driver
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What is the longest word in the English language?
Smiles,because there is a mile between the begining and the end of it
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Why is the letter E so important?
Because its the begining of everything
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Why is the letter R absolutely necessary to friendship?
Without it,a friend will become a fiend
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What has four fingers and a thumb but no flesh and bone?
A glove
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Who works only one day in a year but never gets fired?
Santaclaus
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What kind of party do prisoners like?
A going-away party
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Why are grandpa's false teeth like stars?
They come out at night
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What word is pronounced wrong, even by the best of scholars?
The word ----wrong
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What will make more noise in your house than a dog?
Two dogs

ارسال شده: جمعه ۱۴ مهر ۱۳۸۵, ۱۱:۵۰ ب.ظ
توسط Ines
جالب بود. :grin:
اما اگر تو قسمت Fun with english قرار میگرفت بهتر نبود؟ :-)

ارسال شده: شنبه ۱۵ مهر ۱۳۸۵, ۲:۲۰ ق.ظ
توسط Mehdi2224
please حرف بزنید with زبان mother خودتون
اینجا که کالج آموزشگاه انگلیسی نیست
یه دو سه تا مطلب توپ بنویس ملت حال کنن

ارسال شده: شنبه ۱۵ مهر ۱۳۸۵, ۲:۲۶ ق.ظ
توسط Mohsen1001
snipercab, عزيز
اينجا همه فارسي مينويسند و نوشتن بصورت پينگليش هم ممنوعه چه برسه به انگليسي، اما اين انجمن مربوط به زبان انگليسي هست و نوشتن بصورت انگليسي مجاز. :-)

ارسال شده: شنبه ۱۵ مهر ۱۳۸۵, ۲:۳۰ ق.ظ
توسط Mahdi1944
snipercab جان
اين بخش زبانها خارجي هست و ....
لطفا اگر مطلبي در اين زمينه براي ارائه داريد براي دوستان ارسال كنيد :D

ارسال شده: شنبه ۱۵ مهر ۱۳۸۵, ۳:۵۰ ب.ظ
توسط Ines
 تصویر

More than likely you said, "A bird in the bush," and........
if this IS what YOU said, then you failed to see
that the word THE is repeated twice!
Sorry, look again.

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Next, let's play with some words.
What do you see?

تصویر


In black you can read the word GOOD, in white the word EVIL (inside each black letter is a white letter). It's all very physiological too, because it visualize the concept that good can't exist without evil (or the absence of good is evil ).


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Now, what do you see?

تصویر

You may not see it at first, but the white spaces read the word optical, the blue landscape reads the word illusion. Look again! Can you see why this painting is called an optical illusion?

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What do you see here?

تصویر

This one is quite tricky!
The word TEACH reflects as LEARN.


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Last one.
What do you see?

تصویر

You probably read the word ME in brown, but.......
when you look through ME
you will see
YOU!
 

ارسال شده: سه‌شنبه ۱۸ مهر ۱۳۸۵, ۱۱:۵۴ ب.ظ
توسط sohrab_poet
Do you know why computer programmers mix up Halloween with Christmas?
Because Oct 31 = Dec 25.

ارسال شده: چهارشنبه ۱۹ مهر ۱۳۸۵, ۸:۵۹ ق.ظ
توسط sohrab_poet
Can you raed tihs?
Olny srmat poelpe can. I cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Amzanig, huh? Yaeh, and I awlyas tghuhot slpeling was ipmorantt!