VivaNyanCat Posted July 4, 2015 Share Posted July 4, 2015 Why? Because it is! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flame-bird Posted July 4, 2015 Share Posted July 4, 2015 For foreign speakers only though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VivaNyanCat Posted July 4, 2015 Author Share Posted July 4, 2015 Not only for foreign, this language is broken for everybody. Here is one of many other examples, you can say you "love" a certain type of food, and then say you "love" your wife. That would basically mean you love food as much as your wife. And yes, I am aware that this is figurative speech, but let us just talk about the English Language itself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
APBladeX Posted July 4, 2015 Share Posted July 4, 2015 (edited) Well at least we're not writing in scribbles, like Chinese or Arabic. English slang is the most toxic thing I've ever encountered. Using vocabulary words and turning them into insults or swear words, or even code for them, is absolutely headache-inducing... I wish I lived in the early 90's. Edited July 4, 2015 by APBladeX Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aktriaz Posted July 4, 2015 Share Posted July 4, 2015 (edited) For foreign speakers only though. Not really, though. English is pretty broken in fact. It only seems "not broken" to native english speakers because that's is what they were raised with. (this could go for any language, really.) One of my favorite englishisms is the word "awefull". "Awe" suprise or wonder. "Full" not empty. "Awe+full" something bad or unpleasant. Like, what the f*ck english. Edited July 4, 2015 by Actriaz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArXinity Posted July 4, 2015 Share Posted July 4, 2015 ''They're going to build their house over there'' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flame-bird Posted July 4, 2015 Share Posted July 4, 2015 Not really, though. English is pretty broken in fact. It only seems "not broken" to native english speakers because that's is what they were raised with. (this could go for any language, really.) One of my favorite englishisms is the word "awefull". "Awe" suprise or wonder. "Full" not empty. "Awe+full" something bad or unpleasant. Like, what the f*ck english. That's what I meant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flame-bird Posted July 4, 2015 Share Posted July 4, 2015 Not really, though. English is pretty broken in fact. It only seems "not broken" to native english speakers because that's is what they were raised with. (this could go for any language, really.) One of my favorite englishisms is the word "awefull". "Awe" suprise or wonder. "Full" not empty. "Awe+full" something bad or unpleasant. Like, what the f*ck english. Also it is awful, not awefull, I have never heard someone said Awe when they are surprised. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dualstar Posted July 4, 2015 Share Posted July 4, 2015 (edited) Not really, though. English is pretty broken in fact. It only seems "not broken" to native english speakers because that's is what they were raised with. (this could go for any language, really.) One of my favorite englishisms is the word "awefull". "Awe" suprise or wonder. "Full" not empty. "Awe+full" something bad or unpleasant. Like, what the f*ck english. awenoun noun: awe 1. a feeling of reverential respect mixed with fear or wonder. "they gazed in awe at the small mountain of diamonds" -ful suffix suffix: -ful 1. (forming adjectives from nouns) full of. "sorrowful" awful adjective adjective: awful" 2. used to emphasize the extent of something, especially something unpleasant or negative. "I've made an awful fool of myself" Ergo, it seems right to me. Edited July 4, 2015 by Dualstar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeenageGirlVodkaPuke Posted July 4, 2015 Share Posted July 4, 2015 English is complicated ? Try French ;-; Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OverlordMcGeek Posted July 4, 2015 Share Posted July 4, 2015 Pff, my engirsh is rit onn n gud. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unknow99 Posted July 4, 2015 Share Posted July 4, 2015 (edited) English is complicated ? Try French ;-; Ahh oui, notre langue est pas simple non plus! Nederlands en zijn grammatica is harder dan Engels, VivaNyanCatje... Edited July 4, 2015 by unknow99 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EverythingNagato Posted July 4, 2015 Share Posted July 4, 2015 I'm in the car. I'm on the car.I'm on the bus.I'm in the bus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeenageGirlVodkaPuke Posted July 4, 2015 Share Posted July 4, 2015 Ahh oui, notre langue est pas simple non plus! Nederlands en zijn grammatica is harder dan Engels, VivaNyanCatje... damn your drawings are amazing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unknow99 Posted July 4, 2015 Share Posted July 4, 2015 damn your drawings are amazing Oh thanks! Merci! Dank u! Dankecheun! :) Working on one right now, I'll give you the link as soon as I've finished, et celui-là sera basé sur un tableau Très connu... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ir0nskin Posted July 4, 2015 Share Posted July 4, 2015 Well at least we're not writing in scribbles, like Chinese or Arabic. -snipped- you do realize that english letters are also scribbles, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XxCurtennoxX Posted July 4, 2015 Share Posted July 4, 2015 Read and Lead rhyme, but also Read and Lead. But Read doesn't rhyme with Lead and Read doesn't rhyme with Lead. You're welcome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(PSN)Pharen Posted July 4, 2015 Share Posted July 4, 2015 It's probably because the english language reuse words, and don't have unique words for certain things that really should. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katinka Posted July 4, 2015 Share Posted July 4, 2015 English is crazy because it has had hundreds of years of being mixed. It takes it's name from the Angles which are pretty much interchangeable with the Saxons but not quite so you'll get some regional variation depending on just where they lie on the Anglo-saxon spread. Then there's some viking/scandinavian mixed in and some pictish and celtic (both p-celt and q-celt) and scot (yes, this is a separate thing from pict or either celt. Seriously, how did a few small islands develop so many small communities with their own languages?). After that all got mixed for a while there was in injection of latin into the ruling classes followed by a resurgence of the old languages and then a norman invasion that brought scandinavian language back but filtered through french and at some point in there germanic languages were involved too. So in summary, english is the combination of the scandinavian, germanic, romantic and celtic languages. This makes it both easy and difficult to learn for europeans as they can find some similarities yet many variances from what they already know. Many rules of the language are contradictory or have numerous exceptions as words are taken from many sources. This is all without even going into the regional variations that have occurred with English according to USA, Canada, Australia & New Zealand*. *I apologise if you live in another country that speaks it's own variation of english but I didn't think of it. Geography was my second worst subject at school after history. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
APBladeX Posted July 4, 2015 Share Posted July 4, 2015 you do realize that english letters are also scribbles, right? More elaborate and organized scribbles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(XBOX)Grihaly Posted July 4, 2015 Share Posted July 4, 2015 My favorite thing about the English language, is 'ghoti' can be pronounced 'fish'. And dik-dik can be pronounced xylophone. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katakuna Posted July 5, 2015 Share Posted July 5, 2015 Any language that doesn't have grammatical gender is a pretty okay language to me. Spending half a year learning French in high school embedded a deep hatred for grammatical gender in me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WetAedeagus Posted July 5, 2015 Share Posted July 5, 2015 Terrible :( Horrible :( Terrifying :( Horrifying :( Terrific :) Horrific :c Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Revel72 Posted July 5, 2015 Share Posted July 5, 2015 You guys think that English is difficult? I agree but how about you guys try. Finnish. Pretty much every word what is recorded as substantive may have at least 60 forms of the word. Not only that. We are using more consonants and the language is most monotone what you will ever hear. Do you want to learn speak Finnish? Because that my ladies and gentlemen. Is one of the most difficult languages in the world. Have fun! >:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheErebus. Posted July 5, 2015 Share Posted July 5, 2015 English are speak good yes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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