• dismay3915@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    As someone who speaks 3 languages, I can confirm english is a weak ass language.

    It’s strong point is that daily and normal speech and formal writing or speech are almost the same. Thats not the case with most languages, specially the older and more complex ones.

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      2 months ago

      I kind of like how it’s ever changing and evolving, I know that sours some people’s pickles but I think it’s neat. I like how it incorporates and is built on so many other languages. I enjoyed reading a short story posted here a while ago that progressively walked backwards in time as a language and it was really neat to me. I’m an idiot though so most other languages probably do this also.

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        2 months ago

        American English has never be bashful about filing the serial numbers off a word and then claiming it as our own. It can lead, (lead/lead/led?) to confusion even among us native speakers. At least until we sort it out.

        Personally I blame the French, (for no reason other than I can), for all the ills in the English language.

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        2 months ago

        That’s the indication of a healthy and alive language.

        English has the most speakers and is the scientific and professional language of the world currently. So it is the most up to date and alive one currently.