There's so much in English that makes absolutely no sense whatsoever:
67 Hilarious Reasons Why The English Language Is The Worst | Bored Panda
This explains why:
Why is English so weirdly different from other languages? | Aeon Essays
But maybe it isn't so weird?!
5 reasons English is (supposedly) weird - YouTube
Here's a bit more fun:
When a Frenchman calls an Indian Call Center : The iRabbit - YouTube
Jay Doubleyou: Search results for crazy
And how we love (not) ambiguity:
Top 10 Movies with Ambiguous Endings - YouTube (spoilers!)
Top 10 Movies That You Have To Watch Twice - YouTube (no spoilers!)
And how language has to be ambiguous because humans communicate that way:
Jay Doubleyou: steven pinker - and language
RSA ANIMATE: Language as a Window into Human Nature - YouTube
And it can be confusing:
Garden-path sentence - Wikipedia
20 Garden Path Sentence Examples | Apartment Therapy
Syntactic ambiguity - Wikipedia
Jay Doubleyou: ambiguous newspaper headlines
And if you want to sound 'English', it's the... sound:
Adriano Celentano - Prisencolinensinainciusol - YouTube
Jay Doubleyou: how english sounds to non-english speakers
And there are lots of 'false friends':
Jay Doubleyou: why is english so different from other languages? part one: vocab
Finally:
Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana - Wikipedia
Jay Doubleyou: why is english so different from other languages? part two: grammar
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