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I am English, and that has made me cringe! (suppo.fi)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Albin7326@suppo.fi to c/memes@sopuli.xyz

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[–] pinkdrunkenelephants@sopuli.xyz 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Just memorize them by rote. There's nothing actually connecting them via spelling; they're completely different words with completely different backgrounds and that's a thing you have to get used to in English.

Remember English is a creole of a bunch of different languages and that's why it is the way it is. It doesn't really have rules like that aside from some basic grammar.

[–] GentlemanLoser@ttrpg.network 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah it's like a mad concoction of Germanic, Brythonic, old French, and Norse influences. So many loan words!

[–] pinkdrunkenelephants@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I am so glad to be a native English speaker... although I would have been a lot happier to have been Canadian. Everyone blames us Americans for the way English is without giving a thought to Britain. Or Australia.

[–] dan@upvote.au 3 points 1 year ago

Australian English is just a weird combination of American and British English, plus a whole heap of slang words.

[–] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Creoles/Pidgins of English often solve some issues, which I find funny. The Vanuatu creole (Bislama) changes all words that connect nouns to "blong" (belong)

 Pikini blong mi: This child belongs to me, Kanu blong pikinini: That outrigger belongs to the child, Laet blong trak: The light on the truck, Finga blong tri: The branches of a tree, Bras blong tut: Toothbrush

...or "long"

Pikinini i go long skul: The child goes to school
truk i kam long hotel: The vehicle came from a/the hotel
tri i foldaon long trak: A tree fell down on a/the vehicle

There is only one second+ person pronoun: "hem" and one personal pronoun: "mi"

[–] pinkdrunkenelephants@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 year ago

So how would you know which blong is which? 🤔