If there's any truth to My Fair Lady then English tutors who taught people proper pronunciation liked to use clever poems as training tools, which would make the poem "The Chaos" by Gerard Nolst Trenite the ultimate tongue trainer:

Exiles, similes, and reviles;
Scholar, vicar, and cigar,
Solar, mica, war and far;
One, anemone, Balmoral,
Kitchen, lichen, laundry, laurel;
Gertrude, German, wind and mind,
Scene, Melpomene, mankind.
Billet does not rhyme with ballet,
Bouquet, wallet, mallet, chalet.
Blood and flood are not like food,
Nor is mould like should and would.
Viscous, viscount, load and broad,
Toward, to forward, to reward.
And your pronunciation’s OK
When you correctly say croquet,
Rounded, wounded, grieve and sieve,
Friend and fiend, alive and live.
Ivy, privy, famous; clamour
And enamour rhyme with hammer...

Miss C first posted about "The Chaos" back in 2010, a poem which was written in 1922 to demonstrate how ridiculously difficult proper English language pronunciation can be.

And now we have a video example to help guide us through the over 100 lines of pronunciatin' pain.

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Read "The Chaos" by Gerard Nolst Trenite in its entirety here

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Life preservers don't get to see as much action as fellow donut shaped objects, the car tires, but they stand out more because they're flashy and colorful yet utilitarian.

And if you ever lose your life preserver among thousands of discarded tires you'll be able to spot it in a second, just look for the bright orange ring bobbing along the surface of that rubber sea.

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Here's what Spanish artist Pejac has to say about his film "Heavy Sea":

The desolate images of environmental havoc seen here are real—no CGI, no Photoshop, no illusions. It’s a simple mixture of art direction and the scourge of human waste. ‘This project was actually born some years ago when I painted ‘Heavy Sea’, a water-colour artwork featuring a lifesaving ring in a sea of disused tires. Later, during a voyage abroad, just some months ago, I found myself in front of that very same landscape. It was a poetic nightmare made real.

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Only a drunken buffoon would think it's a good idea to hand a knife to a wild animal, but for a monkey to swoop in and snatch up a butcher knife from a bar it's a brilliant idea

Witnesses in Patos, Paraiba, Brazil say this mad monkey came into the bar, drank a glass full of rum then grabbed a kitchen knife and started threatening the men in the bar, leaving the women alone.

Lt. Colonel Saul Laurentino of the local Fire department had this to say about the incident:

"It was a bar staff oversight that ended with the monkey drinking some rum and taking the knife,"

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At least a monkey with a knife could work for tips, there's no appealing to a crab's sense of capitalism when he gets his claw on a knife!

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Don't you hate it when you discover to your horror that you've accidentally dressed like an inanimate object?

It's even worse when your mean students call you out on your objectifying fashion sense, posting side-by-side comparison pics online for all to see.

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There 's something to be said for wearing clothes that appeal to a person's love of color, texture or pattern, but when the combination immediately makes them think of a tacky carpet you're doing fashion wrong.

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But hey, maybe your inanimate object inspired attire will earn you a cool new nickname, like Rita the Rug or Carpet Carrie!

See 11 People Who Accidentally Dressed Like Inanimate Objects here

Having to cross campus to get to class while it's pouring really sucks, especially when you know you're going to be stuck in class sporting soaking wet clothes and soggy shoes.

So imagine the students joy when Luke Donohue of LAHWF showed up and escorted them to class under a giant patio umbrella he snagged from Starbucks, proving he's the kindest prankster of all time.

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I'm surprised more college students don't resort to appropriating those giant umbrellas when it's all wet outside!

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A good cook will often take their culinary skills for granted, because they most likely learned to cook when they were young and can't remember what it's like to feel lost in the kitchen.

On the other hand, those who seriously can't cook see the skill as some kind of high level wizardry, and when they try to do anything more than boil a pot of water the skill of cooking seems impossible.

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But if they can figure out which ingredients taste good together, and the amount of time and temperature needed to safely cook it all, you may one day manage to make a decent meal!

Just remember this- it's all about the ingredients, so choose wisely...

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See 6 Comics That Prove Cooking Is Basically Impossible here

Certain cylindrical foods are a big hit with the competitive eating crowd because they're easy to chomp down by the dozen, but I can't recall ever seeing an eating contest involving egg rolls.

On one hand they seem like they'd be fairly easy to eat, and tasty enough to keep the eater going, but the fact that they're deep fried makes them seem like a heart attack inducing choice for an eating challenge.

Well, nobody has ever accused "Megatoad" Matt Stonie of being a health nut!

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Deadpool proved he has what it takes to make lots of moolah as a leading man when his movie Deadpool made over 130 million dollars on its opening weekend, making some people wonder what's so great about that masked merc Deadpool.

But as this comic by Julia Lepetit of Dorkly proves Deadpool is less about the character Deadpool and more about the actor Ryan Reynolds' rise from the ashes of the Green Lantern fiasco...or maybe it's just a super cool superhero flick about Deadpool.

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When archaeologists uncover historical artifacts they're hopeful their find will be noteworthy and tied to a well known figure or civilization, or at very least something they can be proud to share with the world.

But dedicating your life to archaeology means sometimes you dig up King Tut's mummified erection instead of his treasure, and your important discovery is a bit embarrassing to announce to the public.

However, archaeologists know amazing discoveries are surrounded by hundreds of crappy ones, and the trick is recognizing the well used toilet seat from the Roman Empire you found near Hadrian's Wall in Northern England as the diamond in the dung that it is!

See The 6 Most Embarrassing Historical Artifacts Ever Discovered at Cracked (Contains NSFW material)

These days Kanye West is known less for his "music" and more for his utter lunacy, and it's anybody's guess whether the whole thing is just a cry for attention or simply the result of fame taking a toll on his mental health.

If Kanye wants people to take him seriously ever again in his lifetime he should probably stop posting all those crazy Tweets and cancel his social media accounts!

But if you're a fan of Twitter based comedy then you'll be hard pressed to find any Tweeter nuttier, zanier or more madcap than Kanye West, he's like the (insert crazy comedian's name here) of our time!

See the 25 Craziest Kanye West Tweets Ever here

When people get tired of creating content about alternate princess costumes or easter eggs found in Disney films they resort to formulating opinion based pieces that start all sorts of arguments.

The Official Disney Movie Matrix is one of those opinion based, argument inducing pieces.

Now that you've taken a look at the way Willie Muse and Amir Khan ranked and classified some of your favorite Disney films you've probably got a few bones to pick with them.

Why did they relegate The Black Cauldron to the bottom left corner when it's clearly belongs on an entirely different matrix labeled "awesomest of all Disney films"?

Why is Lilo & Stitch sitting squarely in the middle when it's totally out of this world? And Hunchback of Notre Dame is "genuinely great" while Fox And The Hound is "not your favorite" and "doesn't hold up"? Poppycock!

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The comb-over is the last bastion of the bald(ing) and desperate who refuse to accept their hair loss and think that by sweeping strands across their bare pate they're effectively conceal the baldness.

Some guys go bald and that's okay, and guys who see the comb-over as a hairstyle are on the borderline of acceptable, but if you think you're fooling the world with your comb-over think again.

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And when a toupée seems like a better option than the windswept shape you brush your hair into every morning it's probably time to head to the barbershop and tell 'em to give you the friar tuck.

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See Someone Needs To Tell These 12 Men That Their Comb Overs Are Not Doing It For Them here

Bears are the big, burly and sometimes scary critters we humans love with a passion, and even though they haven't totally made up their minds about us we can't get enough of them!

No matter what kind of animal makes your spirit soar there's a shirt that shows off your wild side available at the NeatoShop, home of the most hair raising designs on the 'Net!

Bears come in all shapes, sizes and colors

Coolest Bears On Earth by Tobe Fonseca

And whether they're monochromatic and super lazy

The Pandas Are Sleeping by Japu

Or colorful and full of magical bear energy

Electric Bear by Qetza

Bears are absolutely the coolest!

Ice Cream Bearstack by HelloTwinsies

The craft beer revolution is in full swing, and there are so many types of beer out there that some of them sound made up, leaving those who thought they knew their beer feeling a bit befuddled.

But as you'll discover when you visit the interactive visual guide to Beer Styles at CraftBeer.com there are many different shades, degrees of opacity and flavors of beer out there, from the dark and roasty stout to the lightly colored yet cloudy sour.

The image above is just a small sampling of the 79 styles featured on their Beer Styles page, with a brief description available when you hover over each image, or click in to get the full scoop on each style of beer.

With a little help from this nearly exhaustive guide you'll know what to order next time you're faced with a row of taps at the bar. Hoppy days are here again!

Some of the main stars of The Muppet Show had their backstory expanded when they were shown as babies during a flashback scene in The Muppets Take Manhattan, and then those Muppet Babies got their own cartoon show.

Jim Henson's Muppet Babies further expanded the Muppet lore and showed us why Kermit, Fozzie, Scooter, Gonzo and the rest of the gang are such close friends.

But there was one cute little Muppet who disappeared right after Muppet Babies went off the air in 1991- Scooter's twin sister Skeeter.

Skeeter was cute, bubbly and much bolder than Scooter, an empowering figure for little girls who was never seen outside of that animated nursery.

So why was Skeeter resigned to the animated realm, denied that signature fleece and foam Muppet body she deserves?

Read Her Name Was Skeeter: The Mystery Of The Missing Muppet at mental_floss