· The Nails in the Fence
There once was a little boy who had a bad temper, His Father gave him a bag of nails and told him that every time he lost his temper, he must hammer a nail into the back ofthe fence.
The first day the boy had driven 37 nails into the fence. Over the next few
weeks, as he learned to control his anger, the IRJmber of nails hammered daily
gradually dwindled down. He discovered it was easier to hold his temper than to drive
those nails into the fence.
Finally the day came when the boy didn't lose his temper at all. He told his father about it and the father suggested that the boY now pull out one nail for eacb day that he was able to bold his temper. The days passed and the young boy was finally able to tell his father that all the nails were gone. The father took his son by the band and led bim to the fence.
He said, 'You've done well, my son, but look at the holes in the fence. The
fence will never be the same. Wheo you say things in anger, they leave a scar just like
this one. You can put a knife in a man and draw it out. It won't matter how many times you say I'm sorry, the wound is still there and a verbal wound is just as bad as a physical one'
اتمنى احد يساعدني لو بعد كم يوم عادي الله يسهل دربكم
There once was a little boy who had a bad temper, His Father gave him a bag of nails and told him that every time he lost his temper, he must hammer a nail into the back ofthe fence.
The first day the boy had driven 37 nails into the fence. Over the next few
weeks, as he learned to control his anger, the IRJmber of nails hammered daily
gradually dwindled down. He discovered it was easier to hold his temper than to drive
those nails into the fence.
Finally the day came when the boy didn't lose his temper at all. He told his father about it and the father suggested that the boY now pull out one nail for eacb day that he was able to bold his temper. The days passed and the young boy was finally able to tell his father that all the nails were gone. The father took his son by the band and led bim to the fence.
He said, 'You've done well, my son, but look at the holes in the fence. The
fence will never be the same. Wheo you say things in anger, they leave a scar just like
this one. You can put a knife in a man and draw it out. It won't matter how many times you say I'm sorry, the wound is still there and a verbal wound is just as bad as a physical one'
اتمنى احد يساعدني لو بعد كم يوم عادي الله يسهل دربكم
الصفحة الأخيرة
The English spoken in Wales also has its own character. The voice rises and falls in a way which is similar to Welsh, and there are some words and expressions which have been borrowed from Welsh. Sometimes word order is changed to give something more importance; for example, great those are! (Those are great!)
In Northern Ireland, Scots has had a great effect on English because large numbers of settlers came to Ireland from Scotland in the seventeenth century. For example, wee (a Scots word meaning little) is used. In the Republic of Ireland, Gaelic and dialects from the west of England have had the most effect on English. Gaelic is still spoken in the west of Ireland and the dialects of English in this pan of the country show its effect more strongly than others. For example, people say Is it cold you are? (Are you cold?) Or He's after doing that (He's just done that). The Irish English spoken on radio and television is closer to Standard British English.
From the seventeenth century onwards, regional varieties of English were taken to North America, the Caribbean, Australia, New Zealand, Africa, and Asia, and they can still be heard in the varieties of English in these places. For example, in some dialects of American English ere are many similarities to Irish English in pronunciation and some in grammar. Youse which means you plural comes from Irish English, and so does anymore in positive sentences (for example, They live here anymore which is They Live here now in British English,