Oh no, the most I’ve dealt with a similar problem is knowing when to use porque vs. por que in Spanish. I still don’t know
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All the French that's embedded in it. Stupid Normans making it sound weird if I go to a restaurant and order pig.
Actually, I find the french and double dose of viking influence quite fascinating. English etymology is a wild ride!
I can respect that. Normans are basically pesudo norwegians.
When they got the question "what do you want to eat, sir?", the reponse was "gris, di fett!" (give me a pig, you cunt!)
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English isn't really a language, it's a shambling amalgamation of a bunch of different languages so it's got all sorts of insane, nonsensical rules and exceptions. I can totally understand why it's a frustrating language to pick up, and IDK that I would've bothered to learn if it wasn't my native language.
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Thresh + hold = threshold. Why did they drop the middle 'H'? You still have to pronounce both 'H's, and they don't even have the same sound. They're the worst kind of portmanteau, but they're in the dictionary.
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In German, the formal address is the same as the third-person plural, just capitalized. This can lead to ambiguities when talking.
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It's becoming more common in English for people to say "whenever" when it should just be "when." It's like nails on a chalkboard when I hear it used wrong like that
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