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Back when this blog was on blogspot, the motto was a quote from Hunter S. Thompson. “When the going gets wierd, the wierd turn pro”. One day, there was a comment, to the effect that the proper spelling of wierd  was weird. When you are quoting Hunter S. Thompson, should you be surprised that you spell weird wrong? (The spell check suggestions were wider, wield, wired)
This fine spring morning, there is a feature, on another blog, about the weird of the king’s english. Through the miracle of copy paste, we now present part one, between pictures from the Library of Congress. We will save Part Two for a dry day.
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) There is no time like the present, 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?