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| iguanamon Pentaglot Senior Member Virgin Islands Speaks: Ladino Joined 5262 days ago 2241 posts - 6731 votes  Speaks: English*, Spanish, Portuguese, Haitian Creole, Creole (French) | Message 1 of 18 22 September 2011 at 3:21pm | IP Logged | |||||
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All languages have evolved and retained features that make the modern language seem illogical to second language learners. If wringers "wring" why don't fingers "fing"? I once saw this quote about a Chinese man learning English "What kind of sense can you make of a language where in order to a chop a tree 'up' you first have to chop it 'down'?"
So this morning, whilst browsing reddit, I saw this You think English is easy? As native English speakers we can be thankful that we didn't have to learn it as a second language. To those fluent ESL speakers out there- wow! To those learning English as a second language- my sympathies! Hope this makes you laugh. 5 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| Teango Triglot Winner TAC 2010 & 2012 Senior Member United States teango.wordpress.comRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5556 days ago 2210 posts - 3734 votes Speaks: English*, German, Russian Studies: Hawaiian, French, Toki Pona | Message 2 of 18 22 September 2011 at 3:36pm | IP Logged | |||||
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Lovable examples of linguistic lunacy! I indeed feel very grateful that English is my first language. :)
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| Dr. POW Groupie Canada Joined 4965 days ago 48 posts - 58 votes Studies: German, English* Studies: French | Message 3 of 18 22 September 2011 at 9:26pm | IP Logged | |||||
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Wow. I didn't know that there were two ways to pronounce "invalid".
I got everything else though. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Phantom Kat Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5063 days ago 160 posts - 253 votes Speaks: Spanish*, English Studies: Finnish | Message 4 of 18 22 September 2011 at 10:32pm | IP Logged | |||||
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I had to look up the first definition of "intimate". Wow, I didn't know it could be used "to communicate delicately and indirectly". And there's two ways to pronounce "invalid"? You learn something new every day.
I'm glad I began learning English at a young age. This just motivates me to help my mom with her own English that much more. ^-^ - Kat 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| prz_ Tetraglot Senior Member Poland last.fm/user/prz_rul Joined 4859 days ago 890 posts - 1190 votes Speaks: Polish*, English, Bulgarian, Croatian Studies: Slovenian, Macedonian, Persian, Russian, Turkish, Ukrainian, Dutch, Swedish, German, Italian, Armenian, Kurdish | Message 5 of 18 22 September 2011 at 11:38pm | IP Logged | |||||
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Don't worry. I know a British guy who didn't know what "egocentric" means...
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| Kyle Corrie Senior Member United States Joined 4829 days ago 175 posts - 464 votes | Message 6 of 18 23 September 2011 at 2:21am | IP Logged | |||||
How many times do you think you've needed to use the word 'egocentric' since you learned it? 3 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| Volte Tetraglot Senior Member Switzerland Joined 6439 days ago 4474 posts - 6726 votes Speaks: English*, Esperanto, German, Italian Studies: French, Finnish, Mandarin, Japanese | Message 7 of 18 23 September 2011 at 2:52am | IP Logged | |||||
Quite a few? 10 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| prz_ Tetraglot Senior Member Poland last.fm/user/prz_rul Joined 4859 days ago 890 posts - 1190 votes Speaks: Polish*, English, Bulgarian, Croatian Studies: Slovenian, Macedonian, Persian, Russian, Turkish, Ukrainian, Dutch, Swedish, German, Italian, Armenian, Kurdish | Message 8 of 18 23 September 2011 at 10:32am | IP Logged | |||||
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It's a very important word, describing my personality :D
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