35 People Who Prove That The English Language is Weird And Not Very User-Friendly
Exactly how many people in the world speak English? Around 1.35 billion people worldwide speak English and most, if not all, of them, must have wondered how weird the English language really is.
Despite having dominated the world, the English language is full of flaws and pronunciation errors, even when the words are extremely similar. For example, see the difference between "go" and "to".
English is a mash-up of a lot of other languages, including Greek, Danish, Norse, French, Chinese, Spanish, Japanese, and even Hindi! It's like the Frankenstein of all languages.
Thanks to social media and teenage hormones, English is constantly changing. Words like hellacious, supposably, hygge, and many more were extinct before 2021.
Or at least that's what I know. Then we've got weird slang like rad, yeet, dope... smh.
The problem is that sometimes one English word means different things! They're called homonyms.
Examples of homonyms are date, arm, crane, dough, left... I'm sure you get the point.
You really have to listen to what another person says before you jump in to respond. That's the power of the English language.
Well, if you feel the same, we're here to tell you that you aren't alone. A lot of people think the English language is weird, and here are 35 of the best comments for you.
1. My brain can't take it anymore.
2. Thank you for this.
allisonkollins3. Wait, what.
lisaquestions4. Because they're both muscles.
fairyminas5. They didn't want to share the same ending.
alexkoford6. I can't even.
MikeFinesse_
7. OMG.
farmsuggestion
8. My tongue died trying to pronounce this.
9. I would've jumped off with you.
moist-grunge
10. Enough.
11. Imagine, the boom went boom. Such pun.
death-limes
12. No please, anything but this.
egberts
13. I read that a couple of times.
quazza
14. That destroyed me.
macleodsawyer
15. This makes sense.
16. Smooth.
invicxtus
17. English makes no sense.
kevpartner
18. Mindblown.
shadowwraiths
19. ROFL.
maddylizy
20. IDK.
rudy_betrayed
21. Um. Okay.
livemulticulturually
22. I can't anymore.
PatrickReza
23. Thank you for this absolute randomness.
24. This killed a a few brain cells.
iowahawkblog
25. Please, stop.
dajo42
26. Dang.
showerfeelings
27. I don't know.
Real_jaeflex
28. Uh.
questlon.tumblr.com
29. The brain is the culprit here.
chlothegod
30. LMAO.
nause0us
31. You can, but shouldn't take.
PoweredByJollof
32. Such a waste of letters.
languageguru
33. As long as it tastes good.
ohheykenz123
34. ROFL.
DankertJackson
35. True, though.
trexis__
In Summary...
The English language is weird, and it's no secret anymore. I'm grateful that English is my first language because learning this as a second language is like chewing glass.
For example, take an example of these words:
- Cough
- Though
- Rough
- Plough
- Through...
They all have the "ough" ending but each of these words is pronounced differently. Why?
No one knows.
For the record, all this is on record, and I'm content with that content. You see, the same words can mean different things!
This is madness.
Did you know that over 25 countries know pineapple as "ananas" and English is the odd one out? S yes, we completely agree that the English language is a little odd.
There's no egg in eggplant or ham in hamburgers, yet we continue to defame these foods. The world's most popular language is a headache to learn and understand simply because it's so complicated.
Some English words make no sense at all and I'm surprised they've existed since the early 1800s. For example:
- Kerfuffle
- Hullaballoo
- Ragamuffin...
Anyway, I can go on, but my time is UP. I'm going to wrap UP this article now.
