Bring on the grammar police! (Disclosure: I have been one.) No, today let’s just take a look at why English is such a weird language. And why it’s so tough to learn.
Just ask Ricky Ricardo:
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This is absolutely true:
English usage is sometimes more than mere taste, judgment and education - sometimes it's sheer luck, like getting across the street.
E. B. White
10 Reasons English is so Difficult [11:13]
Drawing on my fine command of the English language, I said nothing.
Robert Benchley
Leikola Ismo is a comedian from Finland who has had to learn English, poor thing.
English is so confusing! [5:55]
If one could only teach the English how to talk, and the Irish how to listen, society here would be quite civilized.
Oscar Wilde
Did you know nouns in English used to be gendered? [7:16]
Opera in English is, in the main, just about as sensible as baseball in Italian.
H. L. Mencken
Ismo: “Ass is the most complicated word in English” [6:03]
Writing in English is the most ingenious torture ever devised for sins committed in previous lives. The English reading public explains the reason why.
James Joyce
What can’t English do? [8:57]
If the English language made any sense, lackadaisical would have something to do with a shortage of flowers.
Doug Larson
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