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Re: The Lunacy Of The English Language by Zhozadaemon(m): 8:07pm On May 15, 2015 |
Greyworld: Hehehehe....he said its typo....and I believe him |
Re: The Lunacy Of The English Language by LOZENGE(m): 8:52pm On May 15, 2015 |
Re: The Lunacy Of The English Language by tola9ja: 8:53pm On May 15, 2015 |
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Re: The Lunacy Of The English Language by Topstarr: 9:19pm On May 15, 2015 |
Hidentity: its "sachet", pronounced "sashay" |
Re: The Lunacy Of The English Language by Nobody: 10:02pm On May 15, 2015 |
I first came across this article 10years ago. How time flies. |
Re: The Lunacy Of The English Language by pansophist(m): 11:02pm On May 15, 2015 |
Wow, what a lovely piece. But if you have ever tried to learn other languages, it wont be difficult to come to a conclusion that English is very shallow and lack even basic construct other languages has. Greek for example is one of the most advanced language I have ever known, English even borrowed many words from greek. One thing I dislike about English is that you explain simple sentences using much words. It is possible for you to hide your gender while saying/writing basic sentences unlike maybe Polish. For example in polish if I have to say a sentence like ''I was reading'', It will be ''czytałam'' if I am a woman or ''czytałem'' if I am man (''a'' for woman and e'' for man). Other examples are words like byłam/byłem, wrociłam/wrociłem etc. In English, its also very difficult to explain things indepthly, and you mind end up passing the wrong message. English is also a very difficult language to learn and has no rules to explain basic stuff. student learning English as a foreign language have dificulty with spellings and getting it correctly. Some words are completely useless e.g ueue in Queue. Another example of English downsides. Food is pronounced as FUD, book is pronounced as BUK, boo is pronounced as BU, but blood is pronounced as BLOD not BLUD, flood not FLOD etc. What is the linguistic explanation for this? 2 Likes |
Re: The Lunacy Of The English Language by StephenJoseph(m): 11:04pm On May 15, 2015 |
Yes! English Language is the most difficult and contradicting language. That's why I prefer Mathematics to English Language. In English Language, ur prediction is uncertain, and these words are not consistent, their spelling and pronunciation change overtime! |
Re: The Lunacy Of The English Language by skondo09(m): 11:15pm On May 15, 2015 |
i love dis piece that is nt in pieces |
Re: The Lunacy Of The English Language by Greyworld: 12:13am On May 16, 2015 |
Zhozadaemon:Lol |
Re: The Lunacy Of The English Language by Provie(m): 3:33am On May 16, 2015 |
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Re: The Lunacy Of The English Language by Caseless: 6:08am On May 16, 2015 |
Hidentity: From ur mistake, I discovered that 'sachet' is pronounced 'sashe'. |
Re: The Lunacy Of The English Language by Prettydiamond(f): 6:41am On May 16, 2015 |
smartireke:tnx |
Re: The Lunacy Of The English Language by DocAdray(f): 6:41am On May 16, 2015 |
Beautiful one OP. |
Re: The Lunacy Of The English Language by Raxxye(m): 7:58am On May 16, 2015 |
ITbomb:Lmao |
Re: The Lunacy Of The English Language by flowjoe: 11:28pm On May 17, 2015 |
ITbomb:Nice piece |
Re: The Lunacy Of The English Language by Gynacologist(m): 5:54am On May 18, 2015 |
kradleber:entendres? |
Re: The Lunacy Of The English Language by Gynacologist(m): 5:56am On May 18, 2015 |
iiiichidodo:whch language b ds again? german? |
Re: The Lunacy Of The English Language by exemen: 10:29pm On May 18, 2015 |
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Lollll...... Ehau......... Alhaji ma to gba...... Lowo re... 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: The Lunacy Of The English Language by tola9ja: 11:15pm On May 18, 2015 |
exemen:
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Re: The Lunacy Of The English Language by exemen: 12:04am On May 19, 2015 |
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Re: The Lunacy Of The English Language by tola9ja: 12:14am On May 19, 2015 |
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Re: The Lunacy Of The English Language by exemen: 12:19am On May 19, 2015 |
[quote author=tola9ja post=33874411][/quote] I THINK U LACK D LABEL PART 1 Like 1 Share
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Re: The Lunacy Of The English Language by tola9ja: 5:03pm On May 19, 2015 |
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