Maybe start with the fact that not all words in use in English are English words.
At least English doesn’t have a “she” table, a “he” refrigerator, and a “neutral” lamp gender for everything.
Base and bass (sound the same) and bass (sounds different)
Foundation
Instrument /deep sound
A Fish
How anyone learns English is beyond me
“You said you were a great bass player!”
Me struggling to hold onto a huge wet slippery fish “Grimmie a second, geez!”
A Fish
That’s actually spelled ‘ghoti’.
i still remember the best joke i told my entire time in college. a professor was talking about turnpikes and asked if anyone knew what a pike was, with a specific answer in mind..
well, i knew what a pike was
worst part was i played DnD, i knew exactly what he was asking. i just saw a low hanging fruit and an opportunity to be a smartass and you really can’t set me up like that.
It’s phunny how fotographs phunction in filosofy.
There is nothing more useless than ph.
until youre being eaten alive by acid
This is also funny.
Phuck ophph
🤣😂
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.
In the ever so pretensious words of Walt Whitman…
“English is the greatest language ever!! It’s as great as life itself! Also death!”
English-language spelling reform now.
But let’s only do it in some English speaking countries and not others! I am joking, but this is one of the reasons why American English has diverged from British English.
Relevant xkcd:
Speling Reeforma
What? Speak English.
Say ‘what’ again! I dare you!
In a way I think these things are what make English a beautiful and poetic language
read deed redemption, the farm flipper spinoff.
comb bomb tomb tome come
only two of these rhyme.
Would good food nude be lewd?
…it’s because of all the colonising and stealing of words.
No ironically it has far more to do with being colonized than colonizing, although when you go that far back the distinction between terms like English, Norman, or Anglo-Saxon get a little fuzzy.
PONY AND FUCKING BOLOGNA!!
My brain got fired while reading this. 🗿
Como enemigo número uno del Inglés, this post feels validating to me.
Time de inimigos do inglês
