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The thing that you hate about english the most

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bomberman29

#21 ·

about ghoti! i thing it cannot be pronounsed like fish, because gh will not be f at the start of the word, and ti is only sh when it is in the tion! but it is funny

thespyde

#22 ·

Ghoti? Never heard of that as an English word, just sayin'.
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hozosch

#23 ·

Edited
Lynn told me about this one. I think it was some comedian who came up with this. For more details, see post 3.

thespyde

#24 ·

Ah, not a real word, just funning around with the incongruities of the English language. Okay then.
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hozosch

#27 ·

Yeah, it's just some messing about anyway.

aldenmaster

#28 ·

I have many things to say about English. Even thought I'm a native speaker of the language, there's just some weird things about it. Why is there an i after the e in weird? It Should be spelled with an a after the e. I've see this happen a few times. Bear and beer. You would think that beer is spelled like bear, because e a makes an e sound. But beer is spelled with two Es, and bear is spelled with an e a. But if it's changed, then the name for a bear is going to have to change. Also some examples of silent letters at the beginning. Knock, knot, gnat, psychologist, pseudo, and know. We could just take the k out of knock and knot, same with knife, which I did not mention. With know, you will have to change the spelling a little more. Maybe spell it n o e, because now is spelled n o w. Why does c have two different sounds. What's the point of c and x anyways when x can be remade with a cs or a ks, and k can take the c sound, while s takes the other c sound. Why is ceiling spelled not anything like it is supposed to spell. It's a sealing of the house, not a ceiling.
Off the spinner, to the skinner, it chops off layers, now I'm thinner.

Jacobww3

#29 ·

I think, me being from Canada, a lot of people have a hard time not roling their R sounds. We especially knowtice this when we speak to french people. Every other language the R sound is roled where as in english it's not. Unless of corse you are from scotland.
sincerely, Jacob Way-White,

hozosch

#30 ·

In German it also isn't like that. Only in bavaria.
Going back to English, what's the difference between island and isle? Are they synonyms?

aldenmaster

#32 ·

An island is land surrounded by water on all sides. In English, people like to be lazy and make things easier for the rest of us. I'll means I will, for example, I'l go to the store. Some others but the n't is not, don't, couldn't, wouldn't, shouldn't. They mean do not, would not, could not, and should not. There's you'd which means you would. I'm is I am, I'd is I would, and you've means you have.
Off the spinner, to the skinner, it chops off layers, now I'm thinner.

hozosch

#34 ·

Haha, good one Enes. As for your post, Alden, I advice you to look at the spelling. Of course I know this basic rule with shortening stuff in English. I meant i s l e, not the short of I will.

Adventure-Time

#35 ·

If I'm not mistaken, isle is more of a book expression while island is generic. Don't trust me tho, I'm not a native.

aldenmaster

#36 ·

An island is land surrounded on all sides by water. An isle is a small island or peninsula.
Off the spinner, to the skinner, it chops off layers, now I'm thinner.

hozosch

#38 ·

At anyrate, isles seem to be smaller than islands. ok, thanks for the info.

musicalmara

#40 ·

Yes, I understand what was meant. but it does screw up the screenreader-lol!
The thing I don't like as a native English speaker is homophones - due, dew, ffor/four. I keep getting 'em mixed up.