English is such a weird language...

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Originally Posted by Divadish

Just about all European languages are Latin based or derivatives thereof

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No, only the Romance languages are (Portuguese, Spanish, Catalan, French, Italian, Romanian, and a few minor languages spoken in the same regions of southern Europe). Although the other European languages, especially English, have borrowed an enormous number of Latin words, they are only cousins to Latin and not daughters.

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Originally Posted by robert42

i always think that like

shouldnt a house be hoose? lool

wow

thats love right there :p

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A hoose is Scottish for house- there's a moose loose around this hoose lol

I think we should all give up, and speak one of Tolkien's old languages, like Sindarin. It's composed very easiLY. For those more into Trek, they can speak Klingon. We can have Tolkien-Klingon wars where NO one has absolutely no idea what the other party is saying, because both think the corresponding movie/tv show sucks so badLY.

Don't mind my randomLY consstructed thoughts.

Spanish is fun to speak. So is Italian. Sexy.

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Originally Posted by Oneironaut

No, only the Romance languages are (Portuguese, Spanish, Catalan, French, Italian, Romanian, and a few minor languages spoken in the same regions of southern Europe). Although the other European languages, especially English, have borrowed an enormous number of Latin words, they are only cousins to Latin and not daughters.

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Thank you : I bow to your wisdom

Divadish I would too but English is the hardest language to read.:D

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Originally Posted by Weedhound

Divadish I would too but English is the hardest language to read.:D

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It must be one of the hardest to understand for visitors as dialects and accents can vary wildly from area to area, sometimes i can hardly understand people livin 200 miles up the road and we speak the same language.
cockney rhymin slang No1:dog and bone =telephone, No2:apples and pairs=stairs lessons 2 and 3 next week lol

me no speeka Englishly

Oneironaut always has the best threads and posts imo :)

Keep breathing Bob! One of my favorite english words....gobsmacked.

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Originally Posted by Oneironaut

I've been wondering for a while why English doesn't allow you to create adverbs out of adjectives that happen to end with "ly". In German, there is no problem using "heilig", "freundlich" or "brüderlich" as adverbs, but in English there is no way to make adverbs out of the corresponding words "holy", "friendly" or "brotherly". You can't say "He friendlyly gave me a present." or "The priest performed the ceremony most holyly." You can't even say "He weaselyly cheated me out of five dollars."

Also, what's up with the fact that some verbs just don't work in certain tenses? The words "can", "must" and "should" primarily. You can't say "I will can..." or "I don't want to must..." or "Yesterday I shoulded..." Instead, we're forced to use odd circumlocutions like "I will be able to...", "I don't want to have to..." and "Yesterday I was supposed to..."

Someday I'm going to must fix this screwy language and it will be lovelyly more logical...

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Ultimately, this doesn't have any consequence to the effectiveness of the language though? Nearly all scientific journals are in English and never once have I seen a want for more language or more diction.

For example,

He gave me a present with a friendly disposition.

The most holy ceremony was reserved for the priest.

If you want some crazy language try a tonal language like Chinese or Vietnamese. One word can evoke a ton of emotion and deep thought in a way European languages likely will never be able to.