The English Language - the things that you find odd

[lxskllr]

pointless letters

like the k in knife

and the e!

nīf

 

[MongGrel]

Most people from Jersey I come across, I hear them speak and think "I feel sorry for you for not learning to lose that accent"

Just me maybe, but they seem to be stupidly proud of it for some damned reason.

 

[brianmanahan]

Oh you reminded me about another thing that I find not optimal in English. English spelling is completely non phonetic so you need to know two words not one, the spoken one and the written one, what a mess. Contrary to that my native language is almost entirely phonetic except for some non-essential things like writing a word with h or ch or u or o with a slash above it. It doesn't impede understanding in the least bit but it lets you know who is educated and who is a moron so it serves a role.

its because the stupid french normans conquered britain and royally messed up the language

thankfully the british compensated by conquering most of the rest of the world and making everyone speak english :awe:

 

[Chaotic42]

Y'all = you singular
All y'all = you plural

Or so my brief experience in the south tells me.

I've never heard of this and I was born, raised, and currently live in the south.

 

[blankslate]

i before e except after c...

such a weird rule.


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[Mr. Pedantic]

pointless letters

like the k in knife

Pointless people.

Like the Bible Belt.

 

[Leyawiin]

also yinz

Only in Pixburgh.

 

[master_shake_]

ain't ain't a word but its used so much firefox doesn't even call it out as a misspelled word.

also there, their, they're, and your you're

 

[HamburgerBoy]

I hate the fact that vineyard is pronounced vin-yard.

 

[MagnusTheBrewer]

I've never heard of this and I was born, raised, and currently live in the south.

You have to leave the aphotic depths of your basement first. :biggrin:

 

[Dirigible]

And "hella" something isn't?

Oh, wait. That's right. It's AMERICAN.

It isn't American. It's NorCal-ian.

Nickel-dime4lyfe, yo.

 

[BladeVenom]

English has 3 2s; to, too and two.

Four! You forgot tew.

Then we occasionally use the French word tu, "et tu, Brute."

 

[HamburgerBoy]

...French... "et tu, Brute."

rly?

 

[MongGrel]

I've never heard of this and I was born, raised, and currently live in the south.

I've heard of it.

Seems pretty stupid and pointless though these days like several things down here.

 

[Iron Woode]

Four! You forgot tew.

Then we occasionally use the French word tu, "et tu, Brute."

you might want to research that, Sparky.

 

[Iron Woode]

English, as we know it today, is a mishmash of different languages and dialects from over several centuries.

This "melting pot" of words creates strange rules for English grammar.

 

[pcgeek11]

English is really very easy. I've been speaking it since I was a very small child.

 

[akugami]

Ha! My buddy Durwood Brough's last name is pronouced "bro." So his sons had Broughs Before Ho's t-shirts made. For some years, his live-in SO's last name was Hough, pronounced "huff." She had an English brother who came over named Jack.

Imagine his surprise telling Americans his name. :biggrin:

In my family, it would be Ho's before Broughs...

 

[mikeymikec]

Learning and remembering the difference between the spellings of discrete and discreet.

The spelling of the word 'manoeuvre' is one I have to check every time, I don't think I'll ever remember it.

 

[BoomerD]

Learning and remembering the difference between the spellings of discrete and discreet.

The spelling of the word 'manoeuvre' is one I have to check every time, I don't think I'll ever remember it.

That's a'cause youse be's spellin it rong! It's "maneuver."

 

[DigDog]

"Either"

 

[silicon]

Four! You forgot tew.

Then we occasionally use the French word tu, "et tu, Brute."

I think that phrase is latin and not French.

 

[Perknose]

I hate the fact that vineyard is pronounced vin-yard.

Really? Do you also "hate the fact" that southern is pronounced "suh-thern?"

 

[Perknose]

"Either"

You get a C for your effort.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

Really? Do you also "hate the fact" that southern is pronounced "suh-thern?"

Not really. A vineyard is just a fucking yard of vines. It could just as easily be two separate nouns.