English is Tough Stuff: A Funny Poem about Pronouncing English Words
Below is the funny poem “English Is Tough Stuff (A.K.A. “The Chaos”)” by G. Nolst. It was first published in 1929 in a book to help people improve their English pronunciation (“Drop Your Foreign Accent”). Most native English speakers can’t get very far into the poem without mispronouncing a word. How soon before you get … Read more