tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5855180793926350647.post505890181985216777..comments2024-03-16T19:27:07.142-04:00Comments on Ol'Buzzard's World View: ENGLISH BUGS THE FUCK OUT OF ME!Ol'Buzzardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00075162476463971258noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5855180793926350647.post-72098574587655420282014-11-24T10:43:11.531-05:002014-11-24T10:43:11.531-05:00I'm one of them, English is my second language...I'm one of them, English is my second language.Kulkurihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09198195648066700925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5855180793926350647.post-88398951386610260292014-11-22T13:06:32.878-05:002014-11-22T13:06:32.878-05:00English is a real hodge-podge, for sure. And once...English is a real hodge-podge, for sure. And once you get into verb tenses, try explaining them to a person whose language only has three.The Blog Fodderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11441978691701289074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5855180793926350647.post-69433045823870182662014-11-21T17:29:24.237-05:002014-11-21T17:29:24.237-05:00I do too; and my wife puts up with me.
O'BI do too; and my wife puts up with me.<br />O'BOl'Buzzardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00075162476463971258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5855180793926350647.post-6199922110978460012014-11-21T17:28:43.072-05:002014-11-21T17:28:43.072-05:00Who came up with this language? No wonder it is...Who came up with this language? No wonder it is so difficult for non-English speakers to learn.<br />O'BOl'Buzzardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00075162476463971258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5855180793926350647.post-91333325316300151572014-11-21T17:26:02.795-05:002014-11-21T17:26:02.795-05:00I agree: It makes no sense.
O'BI agree: It makes no sense.<br />O'BOl'Buzzardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00075162476463971258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5855180793926350647.post-86277821710724876602014-11-21T17:25:23.006-05:002014-11-21T17:25:23.006-05:00I took a Portuguese language class and stumbled ov...I took a Portuguese language class and stumbled over the same gender problem. <br />O'BOl'Buzzardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00075162476463971258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5855180793926350647.post-35552042446313103162014-11-21T17:18:59.100-05:002014-11-21T17:18:59.100-05:00when my kids were living at home...teenagers...we ...when my kids were living at home...teenagers...we always prounced the k...as in kanife...kaneese...yellowdoggrannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14906624317290990109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5855180793926350647.post-72339494373196974862014-11-21T10:03:41.838-05:002014-11-21T10:03:41.838-05:00What gets me is how words are pronounced different...What gets me is how words are pronounced differently depending on the ending of the word, like Academic and Academy??Kulkurihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09198195648066700925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5855180793926350647.post-60018690445980981802014-11-21T08:44:21.381-05:002014-11-21T08:44:21.381-05:00You know the one that bugs me? The silent p in wor...You know the one that bugs me? The silent p in words like psychic and psoriasis. It's like what the fuck? Why is that p even there? Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18359007443116549436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5855180793926350647.post-72123214950344915432014-11-21T03:54:47.166-05:002014-11-21T03:54:47.166-05:00Just count your blessings that you don't have ...Just count your blessings that you don't have learn a language that requires you to know the gender of either knees or nose. I thought there was some kind of logic involved in the gender of French nouns that I could intuitively get around, while hysteria, psychosis and torture a feminine, vagina is masculine, so is sandwich, murder and toothache. Even ambiguous concepts like hermaphrodite which is masculine and indecisiveness which is feminine. I've found that referring to things in the plural form allows you to ignore gender, but this can lead to problems......microdothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01564820031343630871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5855180793926350647.post-32094486370374213652014-11-20T17:46:55.633-05:002014-11-20T17:46:55.633-05:00Nobody really KNOWS..Nobody really KNOWS..jadedjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16569736113526368917noreply@blogger.com