Yes, English can be weird. It can be understood through tough thorough thought, though.
So thankful I could parse that without thinking on it. Can you imagine learning that shit from scratch?!
This what fascinates me learning about languages. They have their own characters and quirks. Languages are the embodiment of the people’s culture and history. That said, the English language shows how messed up its history is.
That said, the English language shows how messed up its history is.
The irony is that Britain is, to the best of my knowledge, the only country other than Sweden whose mainland hasn’t been occupied by a foreign invader in over 950 years.
The irony is that Britain is, to the best of my knowledge, the only country other than Sweden whose mainland hasn’t been occupied by a foreign invader in over 950 years.
i mean other than the british
English is a terrible language and I really need to get gooder at it.
*better
*gooderer
Anyone else pronounce it as reed and leed first?
Yes.
I read it as red and led first. I wonder where this will lead us?
Sean Bean has a lot to answer for!
My stream of consciousness: “What? Reed isn’t pronounced like led. Oh there’s more here… Ohhh, red is pronounced like leed. Er, reed is pronounced like… uhhh… anyway, I get it.”
Which witch switch glitched?
I was like “reed” and “led”, went back to “red” and “led”, continued to “red” and “lead” and was like OMG I’m such a basic white bitch LOL and took a sip of my pumpkin spice luh-theh.
