Tuesday, December 29, 2009
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
It one day so happened
With grass never so green
water never sparkling clean
World never so majestic
and life so pristine
My world was never the same
up until you came
With "Tuesdays with Morrie" in my lap
I try to take a quick nap
With music so engrossing
and your thoughts so provoking
I have come to a different land
where love is invoking
I love you today and will love you tomorrow
just some words to clear the sorrow
I will be yours until my last breath
as nothing can hold us back now
not even stark, naked, reality of death
Knowing well I set my sails onto abyss of death
but again I promise, I will be with you till my last breath
So on the gates of heaven do we meet
Oh! I am sure those moments will be sweet.
Waiting for you........................Deepak
water never sparkling clean
World never so majestic
and life so pristine
My world was never the same
up until you came
With "Tuesdays with Morrie" in my lap
I try to take a quick nap
With music so engrossing
and your thoughts so provoking
I have come to a different land
where love is invoking
I love you today and will love you tomorrow
just some words to clear the sorrow
I will be yours until my last breath
as nothing can hold us back now
not even stark, naked, reality of death
Knowing well I set my sails onto abyss of death
but again I promise, I will be with you till my last breath
So on the gates of heaven do we meet
Oh! I am sure those moments will be sweet.
Waiting for you........................Deepak
Monday, December 21, 2009
Friday, November 27, 2009
Monday, November 23, 2009
First love (Utada Hikaru)
Once in a while, you are in my mind
I think about the days that we have had
and I dream that these would all come back to me
If only you knew every moment in time
nothing goes on in my heart
just like your memories
How I want here to be with you one more
You will always gonna be the one
and you should know
how I wish I could have never let you go
Come into my life again, oh, don’t say no
You will always gonna be the one in my whole life
So true, I believe I can never find somebody like you, my first love
Once in a while you are in my dreams,
I can feel the warmth of your embrace
and I pray that one day it will all come back to me
If only you knew every moment in time
nothing goes on in my heart just like your memories
and how I want here to be with you once more
You will always be inside my heart and you should know
how I wish I could have never let you go
Come into my life again, please don’t say no
Now and forever you are still the one in my heart
So true, I believe I could never find somebody like you, my first love
You will always gonna be the one, and you should know
how I wish I could have never let you go
Come into my life again, oh, don’t say no
You will always gonna be the one
So true, I believe I could never find now and forever
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Friday, November 13, 2009
Borrowed but beautiful
Love Me
Love me in the Springtime, when all is green and new,
Love me in the Summer, when the sky is oh so blue,
Love me in the Autumn, when the leaves are turning brown,
Love me in the Winter, when the snow is falling down.
Love me when I'm happy, and even when I'm sad,
Love me when I'm good, or when I'm oh so bad,
Love me when I'm pretty, or if my face is plain,
Love me when I'm feeling good, or when I'm feeling pain.
Love me always darlin', in the rain or shining sun,
Love me always darlin', after all is said and done,
Love me always darlin', until all our life is through,
Love me always darlin', for I'll be lovin' you!
MY WISH
If I could have just one wish,
I would wish to wake up everyday
to the sound of your breath on my neck,
the warmth of your lips on my cheek,
the touch of your fingers on my skin,
and the feel of your heart beating with mine...
Knowing that I could never find that feeling
with anyone other than you.
Sunday, June 7, 2009
यह कदम का पेड़ अगर माँ होता यमुना -सुबुधरा चौहान
यह कदम का पेड़ अगर माँ होता यमुना तीरे
मैं भी इस पर बैठ कन्या बनता दीरे दीरे
ले देती तुम मुझे बासुरी दो पैसो वाली
किसी तरह नीची हो जाती ये कदम की डाली
तुम्हे नहीं कुछ कहता मैया चुपके - चुपके आता
वाही बैठ फिर बड़े मजे से मैया बासुरी बजता
अम्मा अम्मा कह बंसी के स्वर में तुम्हे बुलाता
बहुत बुलाने पर भी माँ जब नही उतर कर आता
माँ, तब माँ का ह्रदय तुम्हारा बहुत विकल हो जाता
तुम आचल फैला कर अम्मा वाही पेड़ के निचे
इश्वर से कुछ विनंती करती बैठी आखे मीचे
तुम्हे ध्यान मई लगी देख माँ धीरे धीरे आता
और तुम्हारे फैले आचल के नीचे चुप जाता
तुम घबरा कर आँख खोलती, पैर माँ खुश हो जाती
जब अपने मुन्ना रजा को गोदी मैं ही पाती
इस्सी तरह कुछ खेला करते हम तुम धीरे-धीरे
यह कदम का पेड़ अगर माँ होता यमुना तीरे
मैं भी इस पर बैठ कन्या बनता दीरे दीरे
ले देती तुम मुझे बासुरी दो पैसो वाली
किसी तरह नीची हो जाती ये कदम की डाली
तुम्हे नहीं कुछ कहता मैया चुपके - चुपके आता
वाही बैठ फिर बड़े मजे से मैया बासुरी बजता
अम्मा अम्मा कह बंसी के स्वर में तुम्हे बुलाता
बहुत बुलाने पर भी माँ जब नही उतर कर आता
माँ, तब माँ का ह्रदय तुम्हारा बहुत विकल हो जाता
तुम आचल फैला कर अम्मा वाही पेड़ के निचे
इश्वर से कुछ विनंती करती बैठी आखे मीचे
तुम्हे ध्यान मई लगी देख माँ धीरे धीरे आता
और तुम्हारे फैले आचल के नीचे चुप जाता
तुम घबरा कर आँख खोलती, पैर माँ खुश हो जाती
जब अपने मुन्ना रजा को गोदी मैं ही पाती
इस्सी तरह कुछ खेला करते हम तुम धीरे-धीरे
यह कदम का पेड़ अगर माँ होता यमुना तीरे
Friday, June 5, 2009
Mother
When you were 1-year-old, she fed you and bathed you,
You thanked her by crying all night long.
When you were 2-years-old, she taught you to walk,
You thanked her by running away when she called.
When you were 3-years-old, she made all your meals with love,
You thanked her by tossing your plate on the floor.
When you were 4-years-old, she gave you some crayons,
You thanked her by coloring the dining room table.
When you were 5-years-old, she dressed you for the holidays,
You thanked her by plopping into the nearest.
When you were 6-years-old, she walked you to school,
You thanked her by screaming “I AM NOT GOING”.
When you were 7-years-old, she brought you a baseball,
You thanked her by throwing it through the next-door-neighbor’s window.
When you were 8-years-old, she handed you an ice-cream,
You thanked her by dripping it all over your lap.
When you were 9-years-old, she paid for piano lessons,
You thanked her by never even bothering to practice.
When you were 10-years-old, she drove you all day from soccer to gymnastics, to one birthday party after another,
You thanked her by jumping out of the car and never looking back.
When you were 11-years-old, she took you and your friends to the movies,
You thanked her by asking to sit in a different row.
When you were 12-years-old, she warned you not to watch certain TV shows,
You thanked her by waiting until she left the house.
When you were 13, she suggested a haircut,
You thanked her by telling her she had no taste.
When you were 14, she paid for a month away for summer camp,
You thanked her by forgetting to write a single letter.
When you were 15, she came home from work looking for a hug,
You thanked her by having your bedroom door locked.
When you were 16, she taught you how to drive her car,
You thanked her by taking it every chance you could.
When you were 17, she was expecting an important call,
You thanked her by be being on the phone all night.
When you were 18, she cried at your high school graduation,
You thanked her by staying out partying until dawn.
When you were 19, she paid for your college tuition, drove you to campus and carried your bags,
You thanked her by saying goodbye outside the dorm so you wouldn’t be embarrassed in front of your friends.
When you were 20, she asked whether you were seeing anyone,
You thanked her by saying, “It’s none of your business.”
When you were 21, she suggested certain careers for your future,
You thanked her by saying, “I don’t want to be like you.”
When you were 22, she hugged you at your college graduation,
You thanked her by asking whether she could pay for a trip to Europe.
When you were 23, she gave you furniture for your first apartment,
You thanked her by telling your friends that it was ugly.
When you were 24, she met your fiancé and asked about your plans for future,
You thanked her by glaring and growling, “Muuhh-ther please.”
When you were 25, she helped to pay for your wedding, and cried and told you how deeply she loved you,
You thanked her by moving halfway across the country.
When you were 30, she called with some advice on the baby,
You thanked her by telling her, “things are different now.”
When you were 40, she called to remind you of a relative’s birthday,
You thanked her by saying you were really busy right now.
When you were 50, she fell ill and needed you to take care of her
You thanked her by reading about the burden parents become to their children.
And then, one day, she quietly died and everything you never did came crashing down like THUNDER on your HEART.
IF SHE IS STILL AROUND, NEVER FORGET TO LOVE HER MORE THAN EVER……
AND IF SHE IS NOT, REMEMBER HER UNCONDITIONAL LOVE AND PASS IT ON………
ALWAYS REMEMBER TO LOVE THY MOTHER, BECAUSE YOU ONLY HAVE ONE MOTHER IN YOUR LIFETIME!!!!!!!!!
You thanked her by crying all night long.
When you were 2-years-old, she taught you to walk,
You thanked her by running away when she called.
When you were 3-years-old, she made all your meals with love,
You thanked her by tossing your plate on the floor.
When you were 4-years-old, she gave you some crayons,
You thanked her by coloring the dining room table.
When you were 5-years-old, she dressed you for the holidays,
You thanked her by plopping into the nearest.
When you were 6-years-old, she walked you to school,
You thanked her by screaming “I AM NOT GOING”.
When you were 7-years-old, she brought you a baseball,
You thanked her by throwing it through the next-door-neighbor’s window.
When you were 8-years-old, she handed you an ice-cream,
You thanked her by dripping it all over your lap.
When you were 9-years-old, she paid for piano lessons,
You thanked her by never even bothering to practice.
When you were 10-years-old, she drove you all day from soccer to gymnastics, to one birthday party after another,
You thanked her by jumping out of the car and never looking back.
When you were 11-years-old, she took you and your friends to the movies,
You thanked her by asking to sit in a different row.
When you were 12-years-old, she warned you not to watch certain TV shows,
You thanked her by waiting until she left the house.
When you were 13, she suggested a haircut,
You thanked her by telling her she had no taste.
When you were 14, she paid for a month away for summer camp,
You thanked her by forgetting to write a single letter.
When you were 15, she came home from work looking for a hug,
You thanked her by having your bedroom door locked.
When you were 16, she taught you how to drive her car,
You thanked her by taking it every chance you could.
When you were 17, she was expecting an important call,
You thanked her by be being on the phone all night.
When you were 18, she cried at your high school graduation,
You thanked her by staying out partying until dawn.
When you were 19, she paid for your college tuition, drove you to campus and carried your bags,
You thanked her by saying goodbye outside the dorm so you wouldn’t be embarrassed in front of your friends.
When you were 20, she asked whether you were seeing anyone,
You thanked her by saying, “It’s none of your business.”
When you were 21, she suggested certain careers for your future,
You thanked her by saying, “I don’t want to be like you.”
When you were 22, she hugged you at your college graduation,
You thanked her by asking whether she could pay for a trip to Europe.
When you were 23, she gave you furniture for your first apartment,
You thanked her by telling your friends that it was ugly.
When you were 24, she met your fiancé and asked about your plans for future,
You thanked her by glaring and growling, “Muuhh-ther please.”
When you were 25, she helped to pay for your wedding, and cried and told you how deeply she loved you,
You thanked her by moving halfway across the country.
When you were 30, she called with some advice on the baby,
You thanked her by telling her, “things are different now.”
When you were 40, she called to remind you of a relative’s birthday,
You thanked her by saying you were really busy right now.
When you were 50, she fell ill and needed you to take care of her
You thanked her by reading about the burden parents become to their children.
And then, one day, she quietly died and everything you never did came crashing down like THUNDER on your HEART.
IF SHE IS STILL AROUND, NEVER FORGET TO LOVE HER MORE THAN EVER……
AND IF SHE IS NOT, REMEMBER HER UNCONDITIONAL LOVE AND PASS IT ON………
ALWAYS REMEMBER TO LOVE THY MOTHER, BECAUSE YOU ONLY HAVE ONE MOTHER IN YOUR LIFETIME!!!!!!!!!
Sunday, May 31, 2009
WHEN YOU THOUGHT I WASN'T LOOKING
WHEN YOU THOUGHT I WASN'T LOOKING
(Written by a former child)
A message every adult should read, because children are watching you and doing as you do, not as you say.
When you thought I wasn't looking, I saw you hang
my first painting on the refrigerator, and I
immediately wanted to paint another one.
When you thought I wasn't looking I saw you feed
a stray cat, and I learned that it was good to be
kind to animals.
When you thought I wasn't looking, I saw you make
my favorite cake for me and I learned that the
little things can be the special things in life.
When you thought I wasn't looking I heard you say
a prayer, and I knew there is a God I could
always talk to and I learned to trust in God.
When you thought I wasn't looking, I saw you make
a meal and take it to a friend who was sick, and
I learned that we all have to help take care of
each other.
When you thought I wasn't looking, I saw you give
off your time and money to help people who had
nothing and I learned that those who have
something should give to those who don't.
When you thought I wasn't looking, I saw you take
care of our house and everyone in it and I
learned we have to take care of what we are
given.
When you thought I wasn't looking, I saw how you
handled your responsibilities, even when you
didn't feel good and I learned that I would have
to be responsible when I grow up.
When you thought I wasn't looking, I saw tears
come from your eyes and I learned that sometimes
things hurt, but it's all right to cry.
When you thought I wasn't looking, I saw that you
cared and I wanted to be everything that I could
be.
When you thought I wasn't looking, I learned most
of life's lessons that I need to know to be a
good and productive person when I grow up.
When you thought I wasn't looking, I looked at
you and wanted to say, "Thanks for all the thingsI saw when you thought I wasn't looking."
FROM UNKNOWN AUTHOR
(Written by a former child)
A message every adult should read, because children are watching you and doing as you do, not as you say.
When you thought I wasn't looking, I saw you hang
my first painting on the refrigerator, and I
immediately wanted to paint another one.
When you thought I wasn't looking I saw you feed
a stray cat, and I learned that it was good to be
kind to animals.
When you thought I wasn't looking, I saw you make
my favorite cake for me and I learned that the
little things can be the special things in life.
When you thought I wasn't looking I heard you say
a prayer, and I knew there is a God I could
always talk to and I learned to trust in God.
When you thought I wasn't looking, I saw you make
a meal and take it to a friend who was sick, and
I learned that we all have to help take care of
each other.
When you thought I wasn't looking, I saw you give
off your time and money to help people who had
nothing and I learned that those who have
something should give to those who don't.
When you thought I wasn't looking, I saw you take
care of our house and everyone in it and I
learned we have to take care of what we are
given.
When you thought I wasn't looking, I saw how you
handled your responsibilities, even when you
didn't feel good and I learned that I would have
to be responsible when I grow up.
When you thought I wasn't looking, I saw tears
come from your eyes and I learned that sometimes
things hurt, but it's all right to cry.
When you thought I wasn't looking, I saw that you
cared and I wanted to be everything that I could
be.
When you thought I wasn't looking, I learned most
of life's lessons that I need to know to be a
good and productive person when I grow up.
When you thought I wasn't looking, I looked at
you and wanted to say, "Thanks for all the thingsI saw when you thought I wasn't looking."
FROM UNKNOWN AUTHOR
Mother dear mother
This is a tribute to all mothers of the world. MOTHER for me means a lot and it is a shame and I pity on those people who dump their parents during their old age when these old people need the support of their children most.
Mother you may not be with me and I may be thousands of miles away from you, but the very thought of you mother dear mother brings a tear down my cheeks even today.
Mother Dear Mother
That bubbling and glowing face full of energy and inquisitiveness, the subtle yet innocent and mischievous smile in the brown eyes that used to be preoccupied thinking of pranks every time with one and all, big and small, children young and adults, boys and girls, of course not leaving behind grandpa and grandma, mom and all, is what haunts me now. Those mom’s beatings and scolds that used to follow any “so called” untoward incident reported to my parents by children and their parents with grandpa’s intervention which used to come with a sort of stern warning for my mother from my grandparents “dare not you beat my child, after all he is a kid”, all appear to be a bygone dream. Mom dear mom, those beatings and scolds seem mild and nothing to me now in this guile world compared to what I feel sometimes I get from those known and unknown, from those close to my heart and those who are not. With you being away from me mom, I feel like being left alone in the scorching heart of desert, looking for that “ma ka anchal” to shield me from the heat of the desert and guile world. That love and affection that you used to shower on your problem yet a darling child after each beat or a scold mom seems to be an eternal bliss and like manna from heaven for me now. I long for that hug and kiss on my cheek from you mom, oh my dear mom.
Mom can you forget that innocent child that used to ask you a question after getting a beat or a scold with tears rolling down his eyes, “mother dear mother did I really do something serious for my mother loving dear mother to give me a scold and or a beat?” Sorry mother, dear mother for what all I have done unknowing to you. I promise I will dare not make you unhappy any more, but come and be with me mother, oh dear mother. I know that I have troubled you a lot or how else will a dear mother beat and scold a child that means a world to her! Yet I don’t repent on those childhood misdemeanors for mom I know that when you think of them now, your heart swells with feelings for your child that problem yet a dear child of yours.
I apologize for making you cry when I climbed the top of the roof of our village house that beautiful and pleasant summer evening mom. I still remember you begging of me to come down from the roof that was very slippery and you were concerned that I would fall and injure myself. Believe me mom I seemed to be on top of the world and was getting pleasure by seeing you begging me to come down and me still going up, further up to the top of the scaly wooden slippery roof. I still remember all the villagers gathering in our compound and looking at me awestruck and thinking of what would happen if I slipped and fell down the roof. I would have climbed further up towards the top but for those drops of pearls in your eyes mother which I could not bear seeing and which melted that little innocent heart that was still to understand the complexities and intricacies of world, compelling me to forget that thrill and come down the roof. I still remember that pleasure and comfort in your eyes when I came down hugged, and put both my arms around you mom you out of my innocence.
I don’t dare to do it again mom for I know how much trouble I have given to my mother, my dear mother from those innocent yet naughty mischievous acts of mine. Mother oh my dear mother tell me frankly now, did you not enjoy those naughty and yet frivolous acts of mine? I know you did for I remember how you used to try to make the world understand after any misdemeanor of mine that “after all he is a child, an naughty child, don’t worry I will make him understand”.
TO BE CONCLUDED
Mother you may not be with me and I may be thousands of miles away from you, but the very thought of you mother dear mother brings a tear down my cheeks even today.
Mother Dear Mother
That bubbling and glowing face full of energy and inquisitiveness, the subtle yet innocent and mischievous smile in the brown eyes that used to be preoccupied thinking of pranks every time with one and all, big and small, children young and adults, boys and girls, of course not leaving behind grandpa and grandma, mom and all, is what haunts me now. Those mom’s beatings and scolds that used to follow any “so called” untoward incident reported to my parents by children and their parents with grandpa’s intervention which used to come with a sort of stern warning for my mother from my grandparents “dare not you beat my child, after all he is a kid”, all appear to be a bygone dream. Mom dear mom, those beatings and scolds seem mild and nothing to me now in this guile world compared to what I feel sometimes I get from those known and unknown, from those close to my heart and those who are not. With you being away from me mom, I feel like being left alone in the scorching heart of desert, looking for that “ma ka anchal” to shield me from the heat of the desert and guile world. That love and affection that you used to shower on your problem yet a darling child after each beat or a scold mom seems to be an eternal bliss and like manna from heaven for me now. I long for that hug and kiss on my cheek from you mom, oh my dear mom.
Mom can you forget that innocent child that used to ask you a question after getting a beat or a scold with tears rolling down his eyes, “mother dear mother did I really do something serious for my mother loving dear mother to give me a scold and or a beat?” Sorry mother, dear mother for what all I have done unknowing to you. I promise I will dare not make you unhappy any more, but come and be with me mother, oh dear mother. I know that I have troubled you a lot or how else will a dear mother beat and scold a child that means a world to her! Yet I don’t repent on those childhood misdemeanors for mom I know that when you think of them now, your heart swells with feelings for your child that problem yet a dear child of yours.
I apologize for making you cry when I climbed the top of the roof of our village house that beautiful and pleasant summer evening mom. I still remember you begging of me to come down from the roof that was very slippery and you were concerned that I would fall and injure myself. Believe me mom I seemed to be on top of the world and was getting pleasure by seeing you begging me to come down and me still going up, further up to the top of the scaly wooden slippery roof. I still remember all the villagers gathering in our compound and looking at me awestruck and thinking of what would happen if I slipped and fell down the roof. I would have climbed further up towards the top but for those drops of pearls in your eyes mother which I could not bear seeing and which melted that little innocent heart that was still to understand the complexities and intricacies of world, compelling me to forget that thrill and come down the roof. I still remember that pleasure and comfort in your eyes when I came down hugged, and put both my arms around you mom you out of my innocence.
I don’t dare to do it again mom for I know how much trouble I have given to my mother, my dear mother from those innocent yet naughty mischievous acts of mine. Mother oh my dear mother tell me frankly now, did you not enjoy those naughty and yet frivolous acts of mine? I know you did for I remember how you used to try to make the world understand after any misdemeanor of mine that “after all he is a child, an naughty child, don’t worry I will make him understand”.
TO BE CONCLUDED
Sunday, March 1, 2009
English a funny language
THIS IS GREAT!!! Read all the way to the end................ This took a lot of work to put together!!!
You think English is easy???
Read to the end . . . a new twist
1) The bandage was wound around the wound.
2) The farm was used to produce produce .
3) The dump was so full that it had to refuse more refuse.
4) We must polish the Polish furniture.
5) He could lead if he would get the lead out.
6) The soldier decided to desert his dessert in the desert.
7) Since there is no time like the present, he thought it was time to present the present .
8) A bass was painted on the head of the bass drum.
9) When shot at, the dove dove into the bushes.
10) I did not object to the object.
11) The insurance was invalid for the invalid.
12) There was a row among the oarsmen about how to row ..
13) They were too close to the door to close it.
14) The buck does funny things when the does are present.
15) A seamstress and a sewer fell down into a sewer line.
16) To help with planting, the farmer taught his sow to sow.
17) The wind was too strong to wind the sail.
18) Upon seeing the tear in the painting I shed a tear.
19) I had to subject the subject to a series of tests.
20) How can I intimate this to my most intimate friend?
Let's face it - English is a crazy language. There is no egg in eggplant, nor ham in hamburger; neither apple nor pine in pineapple. English muffins weren't invented in England or French fries in France . Sweetmeats are candies while sweetbreads, which aren't sweet, are meat. We take English for granted. But if we explore its paradoxes, we find that quicksand can work slowly, boxing rings are square and a guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig.
And why is it that writers write but fingers don't fing, grocers don't groce and hammers don't ham? If the plural of tooth is teeth, why isn't the plural of booth, beeth? One goose, 2 geese. So one moose, 2 meese? One index, 2 indices? Doesn't it seem crazy that you can make amends but not one amend? If you have a bunch of odds and ends and get rid of all but one of them, what do you call it?
If teachers taught, why didn't preachers praught? If a vegetarian eats vegetables, what does a humanitarian eat? Sometimes I think all the English speakers should be committed to an asylum for the verbally insane. In what language do people recite at a play and play at a recital? Ship by truck and send cargo by ship? Have noses that run and feet that smell?
How can a slim chance and a fat chance be the same, while a wise man and a wise guy are opposites? You have to marvel at the unique lunacy of a language in which your house can burn up as it burns down, in which you fill in a form by filling it out and in which, an alarm goes off by going on.
English was invented by people, not computers, and it reflects the creativity of the human race, which, of course, is not a race at all. That is why, when the stars are out, they are visible, but when the lights are out, they are invisible.
PS. - Why doesn't 'Buick' rhyme with 'quick' ?
You lovers of the English language might enjoy this .
There is a two-letter word that perhaps has more meanings than any other two-letter word, and that is 'UP.'
It's easy to understand UP, meaning toward the sky or at the top of the list, but when we awaken in the morning, why do we wake UP ? At a meeting, why does a topic come UP ? Why do we speak UP and why are the officers UP for election and why is it UP to the secretary to write UP a report ?
We call UP our friends. And we use it to brighten UP a room, polish UP the silver; w e warm UP the leftovers and clean UP the kitchen. We lock UP the house and some guys fix UP the old car. At other times the little word has real special meaning. People stir UP trouble, line UP for tickets, work UP an appetite, and think UP excuses. To be dressed is one thing, but to be dressed UP is special.
And this UP is confusing: A drain must be opened UP because it is stopped UP. We open UP a store in the morning but we close it UP at night.
We seem to be pretty mixed UP about UP ! To be knowledgeable about the proper uses of UP, look the word UP in the dictionary. In a desk-sized dictionary, it takes UP almost 1/4th of the page and can add UP to about thirty definitions. If you are UP to it, you might try building UP a list of the many ways UP is used. It will take UP a lot of your time, but if you don't give UP, you may wind UP with a hundred o r more. When it threatens to rain, we say it is clouding UP . When the sun comes out we say it is clearing UP...
When it rains, it wets the earth and often messes things UP.
When it doesn't rain for awhile, things dry UP.
One could go on and on, but I'll wrap it UP, for now my time is UP, so........it is time to shut UP!
You think English is easy???
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1) The bandage was wound around the wound.
2) The farm was used to produce produce .
3) The dump was so full that it had to refuse more refuse.
4) We must polish the Polish furniture.
5) He could lead if he would get the lead out.
6) The soldier decided to desert his dessert in the desert.
7) Since there is no time like the present, he thought it was time to present the present .
8) A bass was painted on the head of the bass drum.
9) When shot at, the dove dove into the bushes.
10) I did not object to the object.
11) The insurance was invalid for the invalid.
12) There was a row among the oarsmen about how to row ..
13) They were too close to the door to close it.
14) The buck does funny things when the does are present.
15) A seamstress and a sewer fell down into a sewer line.
16) To help with planting, the farmer taught his sow to sow.
17) The wind was too strong to wind the sail.
18) Upon seeing the tear in the painting I shed a tear.
19) I had to subject the subject to a series of tests.
20) How can I intimate this to my most intimate friend?
Let's face it - English is a crazy language. There is no egg in eggplant, nor ham in hamburger; neither apple nor pine in pineapple. English muffins weren't invented in England or French fries in France . Sweetmeats are candies while sweetbreads, which aren't sweet, are meat. We take English for granted. But if we explore its paradoxes, we find that quicksand can work slowly, boxing rings are square and a guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig.
And why is it that writers write but fingers don't fing, grocers don't groce and hammers don't ham? If the plural of tooth is teeth, why isn't the plural of booth, beeth? One goose, 2 geese. So one moose, 2 meese? One index, 2 indices? Doesn't it seem crazy that you can make amends but not one amend? If you have a bunch of odds and ends and get rid of all but one of them, what do you call it?
If teachers taught, why didn't preachers praught? If a vegetarian eats vegetables, what does a humanitarian eat? Sometimes I think all the English speakers should be committed to an asylum for the verbally insane. In what language do people recite at a play and play at a recital? Ship by truck and send cargo by ship? Have noses that run and feet that smell?
How can a slim chance and a fat chance be the same, while a wise man and a wise guy are opposites? You have to marvel at the unique lunacy of a language in which your house can burn up as it burns down, in which you fill in a form by filling it out and in which, an alarm goes off by going on.
English was invented by people, not computers, and it reflects the creativity of the human race, which, of course, is not a race at all. That is why, when the stars are out, they are visible, but when the lights are out, they are invisible.
PS. - Why doesn't 'Buick' rhyme with 'quick' ?
You lovers of the English language might enjoy this .
There is a two-letter word that perhaps has more meanings than any other two-letter word, and that is 'UP.'
It's easy to understand UP, meaning toward the sky or at the top of the list, but when we awaken in the morning, why do we wake UP ? At a meeting, why does a topic come UP ? Why do we speak UP and why are the officers UP for election and why is it UP to the secretary to write UP a report ?
We call UP our friends. And we use it to brighten UP a room, polish UP the silver; w e warm UP the leftovers and clean UP the kitchen. We lock UP the house and some guys fix UP the old car. At other times the little word has real special meaning. People stir UP trouble, line UP for tickets, work UP an appetite, and think UP excuses. To be dressed is one thing, but to be dressed UP is special.
And this UP is confusing: A drain must be opened UP because it is stopped UP. We open UP a store in the morning but we close it UP at night.
We seem to be pretty mixed UP about UP ! To be knowledgeable about the proper uses of UP, look the word UP in the dictionary. In a desk-sized dictionary, it takes UP almost 1/4th of the page and can add UP to about thirty definitions. If you are UP to it, you might try building UP a list of the many ways UP is used. It will take UP a lot of your time, but if you don't give UP, you may wind UP with a hundred o r more. When it threatens to rain, we say it is clouding UP . When the sun comes out we say it is clearing UP...
When it rains, it wets the earth and often messes things UP.
When it doesn't rain for awhile, things dry UP.
One could go on and on, but I'll wrap it UP, for now my time is UP, so........it is time to shut UP!
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