Reasons the English language is so hard to learn:

* The bandage was wound around the wound...
* The farm is used to produce produce...
* The dump was so full it had to refuse more refuse...
* We must polish up on our Polish...
* The soldier decided to desert his dessert in the desert...
* Since there is no time like the present, he thought it was time to present the present...
* He could lead if he would get the lead out...
* A bass was painted on the bass drum...
* When shot at, the dove dove into the bushes...
* The insurance was invalid for the invalid...
* I did not object to the object...
* There was a row among the oarswmen about how to row...
* After seeing the tear in the painting, I shed a tear...

Plus there is no egg in eggplant, nor ham in hamburger; neither apple or pine in pineapple.
English muffins weren't invented in England or French fries in France.
We have noses that run and feet that smell.

I have a million of these brain teasers...