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Because other languages don't have homonyms, homographs and homophones.
Sort of a cross between Lawrence of Arabia and Dilbert.[^]
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It is slightly sadistic making the rest of the world speak our crazy language. I swaer if I had to learn English as a second language I might just go insane. Still it shows how clever our little kids are - I see 2 year old's speaking this screwed up language! :laugh:
J4amieC wrote:
I swaer if I had to learn English as a second language I might just go insane
Might be time to learn it as a first :)
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Funnily enough I am at this moment looking at language data from the last 2011 Census. This would not work for around a million people in England and Wales as they speak little or no English. Tower Hamlets is the worst for no English spoken with 3,778 non-English speakers [1.5% of the population]. This compares to Luton with 1,634 [0.8%] and Woking with 229 [0.2%].
Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett
Have I Got News For You: missing words round. "Tower Hamlets - Let's <blank>" "Get out alive?"
If you get an email telling you that you can catch Swine Flu from tinned pork then just delete it. It's Spam.
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GeekBond wrote:
- When shot at, the dove dove into the bushes.
Are you claiming this is English? Some colonial bastardization maybe, but certainly not English. In English the past participle of the Dive is Dived. I believe the Merkins used Dove, but they are ignorant savages with no understanding of the language.
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psst! It's past participle
Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett
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Because other languages don't have homonyms, homographs and homophones.
Sort of a cross between Lawrence of Arabia and Dilbert.[^]
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Have I Got News For You: missing words round. "Tower Hamlets - Let's <blank>" "Get out alive?"
If you get an email telling you that you can catch Swine Flu from tinned pork then just delete it. It's Spam.
... get ready to mumble!
Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett
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What do you expect from a language that only has a 20 million word vocabulary? Oh, hang on, that's at least 5 million more than any other language :doh:
"The secret of happiness is freedom, and the secret of freedom, courage." Thucydides (B.C. 460-400)
Words like anathema, zeitgeist and sinister for example.
Sort of a cross between Lawrence of Arabia and Dilbert.[^]
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psst! It's past participle
Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett
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Because other languages don't have homonyms, homographs and homophones.
Sort of a cross between Lawrence of Arabia and Dilbert.[^]
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A Dead ringer for Kate Winslett[^]Can't think of any in Hungarian... ;)
Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett
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Words like anathema, zeitgeist and sinister for example.
Sort of a cross between Lawrence of Arabia and Dilbert.[^]
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A Dead ringer for Kate Winslett[^]English is the ultimate 'Borrowing' language. There are words in English from just about every nation. (The unintended consequence of Empire).
--------------------------------- I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave CCC Link[^]
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And all the other ones..... I was being sarcastic in my post.
Sort of a cross between Lawrence of Arabia and Dilbert.[^]
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And all the other ones..... I was being sarcastic in my post.
Sort of a cross between Lawrence of Arabia and Dilbert.[^]
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English is the ultimate 'Borrowing' language. There are words in English from just about every nation. (The unintended consequence of Empire).
--------------------------------- I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave CCC Link[^]
Not just empire, there was a lot of deliberate borrowing from Greek and Latin during the middle ages. But that was kind of my point, we're still doing it and it is no bad thing.
Sort of a cross between Lawrence of Arabia and Dilbert.[^]
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English is the ultimate 'Borrowing' language. There are words in English from just about every nation. (The unintended consequence of Empire).
--------------------------------- I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave CCC Link[^]
Next time you travel by coach, write down your thoughts with a biro.
Reality is an illusion caused by a lack of alcohol
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Can't think of any in Hungarian... ;)
Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett
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Not just empire, there was a lot of deliberate borrowing from Greek and Latin during the middle ages. But that was kind of my point, we're still doing it and it is no bad thing.
Sort of a cross between Lawrence of Arabia and Dilbert.[^]
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A Dead ringer for Kate Winslett[^]As a Geo-Political Bloc, the English Speaking World is responsible for spreading communications to the globe, and as it subsumes other languages it makes it even more powerful. Despite the French protestations, it is the Lingua Franca of the EU, of Business, of Technology, of Communication, of Transport and of Science. Strangely, French is the language of War. (qv, Grenade, Lieutenant, Major, Guerilla, Bayonet, Coup-de-ta, etc). Latin and Greek are the basis of Scientific Terminology, and that is no bad thing, it gives a standard that all can relate to.( eg. one can almost picture an animal from its binomial name).
--------------------------------- I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave CCC Link[^]
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Well done. I couldn't be bothered, but I knew there were some. Hence the sarcasm of me previous post.
Reality is an illusion caused by a lack of alcohol
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As a Geo-Political Bloc, the English Speaking World is responsible for spreading communications to the globe, and as it subsumes other languages it makes it even more powerful. Despite the French protestations, it is the Lingua Franca of the EU, of Business, of Technology, of Communication, of Transport and of Science. Strangely, French is the language of War. (qv, Grenade, Lieutenant, Major, Guerilla, Bayonet, Coup-de-ta, etc). Latin and Greek are the basis of Scientific Terminology, and that is no bad thing, it gives a standard that all can relate to.( eg. one can almost picture an animal from its binomial name).
--------------------------------- I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave CCC Link[^]
Dalek Dave wrote:
Strangely, French is the language of War. (qv, Grenade, Lieutenant, Major, Guerilla, Bayonet, Coup-de-ta, etc).
Surrender, Collaborator etc :laugh: [Edit] Grenade is an interesting one, it comes via French from the Spanish for Pomegranate because the early pottery grenades bore a resemblance to them, and the Spanish word ultimately comes from the Latin for grain.
Sort of a cross between Lawrence of Arabia and Dilbert.[^]
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Dalek Dave wrote:
Strangely, French is the language of War. (qv, Grenade, Lieutenant, Major, Guerilla, Bayonet, Coup-de-ta, etc).
Surrender, Collaborator etc :laugh: [Edit] Grenade is an interesting one, it comes via French from the Spanish for Pomegranate because the early pottery grenades bore a resemblance to them, and the Spanish word ultimately comes from the Latin for grain.
Sort of a cross between Lawrence of Arabia and Dilbert.[^]
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A Dead ringer for Kate Winslett[^] -
Next time you travel by coach, write down your thoughts with a biro.
Reality is an illusion caused by a lack of alcohol
What is a Biro? I prefer Ballpoints. Biro for pen is like Hoover for Vacuum Cleaner. Of course the Ballpoint Pen was invented by John Loud in 1888.
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