You must be pulling my leg!

[Ngan]

Well,
I like your essay much. It's really interesting. I've ever been pulled my legs on one April 1st. I completely swallowed it. Fortunately, it's good fun.
Thanks.

[Cesar Lopez Petrovich]

Hi, Alan!

Congratulations on that very interesting essay "Don't pull my leg", which you've sent us, dear Alan.
It was amazing definitely!

I 'm looking forward to hearing from you very soon, my friend.

Regards,

Cesar Lopez Petrovich.

[Like Miguel]

very understanding about hoaxes ,for sure i have had some hoax but i dont gonna tell nothing about because they were made for me, this essay it is a such grate lecture thank very much this is new for me .

[Sunshinegirl]

Hi Alan!
I liked the essay very much!
i think that the people sometimes in their lives need to believe in someting that doesn't exist.
About 1st April -as well it's necessary to people.
Thanks for the wonderful email and that every day I learn something interesting and new!

Regard,
Angelina

[MariaEbb]

Hi that essay was interesting to read. I can't write more for the moment as my dog wants to go out.
/Maria

[Like Miguel]

yea i have never hoax somebody because hoax were made for me, jaja well it is a good essay tank .
well i understud that it mean,you are jokin me right , you must be pulling my leg, certanly sould be a phrase in this kind of situattion,i am right

[Sajid Mukhtar]

Hi Alan
Thank You very much for all effort which you and your team puts for educating us.It been after long time that I am writing on this forum because for last few month's I was staying in a remote place where there was no internet connection.
It's been a pleasure to be in touch with all the lovely people around here.
I miss lot of your lessons,hope I cover it all as soon as possible and be a good English Speake.

Thanks & Regards
Sajid

[DavidChina]

this essay is very useful and practical for us to learn.

[Morteza]

Hi Dear Alan,
As usual,a very interesting,amasing and fantastic article about English.
The more I read your newsletters,the more I get sure that one of the Seven Wonders of the world is
the mysterious formation(advent) of the languages.Do you think so?!
Best regards,
Morteza

[Haji]

This is really very fascinating story, with a lot of learning opportunities such as new word, and how the words are connected. Well, if I come back to the story "you are pulling my leg" it’s really according to one glance nasty and on the other frightful and shameful, because of forget about a live person people are going to have their destined food by stealing dead man.

In my country there are many hoaxes, tricks and folk-tails. Let me catch one.

There was a sacred man who died just 1 century ago, people residing that area believes that the place is secured by the power of that "dead man" and every year people collects by them selves a hug of money and valuable goods, as to sell that asset into a scores of camel and after ward they slaughter the camel and stick around a couple of times on the grave of that dead man believing that He will be happy and they will get a reward, so if you say same thing against him "people say, hey he will stood up the grave and will do on you same thing nasty either kill you or harm you" what a dupe its! Dead person arising from the grave and harming people. Oh I think many of us we learner believe this.

So many people believed this and as you mentioned those people are called "gullible or dupe" we call in our own language "quraafaad" which means the believers of non-existed thing.

All in all dupe news are unique in every nation in this globe. But I didn't ever and every heard "same one who is try to steal dead man" Mr alen ended up the news and he said "its nasty and unpleasant". and we say too.

hajji

[Costin]

I think that's a good essay, a well-written and instructive story on the ways of speaking about a joke, a prank , a hoax and so on as I also think it was an effective way to enhance your vocabulary by having a compelling story to read on a funny topic. Let's drive away the frown-learning-old-fashion way and replace it with a easy-going and unnconventional style , shall we?:) ;)

[Alan]

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Hi Costin,

Glad you liked the essay. You might be interested to read my latest newsletter - Wish you were here. I hope you are.

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Alan
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[Aneeqa]

I found this article highly interesting. Your essays are all well written. I learn a lot of new words and idiomatic expressions from them.
Aneeqa

[HaiLeVu]

I like your story, Suzerain! :) I'm a Vietnamese girl, too! Nice to find someone Vietnamese like me here! ^^

[Basil]

I'm glad to learn English from this web.Thanks !