English is odd

[jefmcg]

The subject is wrong. Should be "English are odd"

 

[cookiemonster]

You forgot the article, 'The English are odd'

 

[Arrowfoot]

Raise a building to the ground. Knocking it down.

I thought it was raze a building to the ground as in burn it down. Never heard of "raise the building to the ground"

 

[Deleted member 23692]

Flammable and inflammable mean the same thing.

 

[colly]

Petrol is flammable, but that doesn't mean water is inflammable.

(someone's in my head)

 

[Oldbloke]

subject is wrong. Should be "English are odd"

Well you should try living among the lot where I live

 

[vernon]

The word "quite" must confuse foreigners a bit.

"Well, he's quite handsome" = Yes he is handsome
"Well he's quite handsome" = No, not really.

Context is everything.

 

[cookiemonster]

Well you should try living among the lot where I live

I have friends in Toulouse/Midi-Pyrenees. Two are English and run a health food store in Lavaur and they are very much sane

 

[winjim]

Evens are odds.

 

[swee'pea99]

You were really ill weren't you? Are you better now? No, but i'm better.

 

[byegad]

I'm always puzzled by signs and people asking others to be alert for some hazard.

What are lerts and why should I be one?

Similarly puzzled about what a ware is.

 

[shouldbeinbed]

I recorded the form of the 6th form football team on a form in the form of a table.

 

[shouldbeinbed]

Did Brian Clough ever Plough a field.

 

[shouldbeinbed]

Where can I wear my shoes in Ware while selling my wares.

 

[Shut Up Legs]

I'm always puzzled by signs and people asking others to be alert for some hazard.

What are lerts and why should I be one?

Similarly puzzled about what a ware is.

Oh, every time you're being wary you're being a ware without even realising it.