Wednesday 13 October 2021

english is weird

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!)

Jay Doubleyou: ambiguity

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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