English is such a weird language...

[Blowboy]

I've learnt that with adjectives ending in -ly, you should just say "in a ~ way", or something similar. That just the way it is

[midlifecrisis]

I could tell you why...but then this thread would be moved to the conspiracy section

[Skrappie]

maybe not asian ones. I have no idea how to say or write anything in any asian language.)...

I personally feel that the few asian languages that i've had hands on exp with are easier and 'make more sense' then english. English is an odd language for sure, but works just fine IMO.

[Nation_1ne]

I was told that a lot of other languages adopt pieces from others, but the English language is the only one of it's kind which is why it's so hard to learn for foreigners. It would be great if English was expanded but I like it the way it is. I can see where you're coming from though Oneironaut.

[fasterspider]

English is an abomination of languages made up primarily of stupid ass french words.
Even the English almost spoke french as their main language permanently. The French language dominated in England for hundreds of years until modern English was decided on. I am not too fond of the marble mouthed french but they have contributed most of our language to us. German is another predominant contributor to the language we speak as English.

[Oneironaut]

Well actually, German hasn't contributed a lot of words to English ("sauerkraut", "weiner", "frankfurter", "hamburger" and "angst" are the only common ones I can think of off the top of my head). It's just that German and English come from a common ancestor language called Proto-Germanic that was spoken along the shores of the North Sea and Baltic Sea a few thousand years ago. English, Dutch, German, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Icelandic and a few other minor languages are a sub-family of the Indo-European languages. That's why so many everyday German words look and sound so much like their English counterparts (singen = to sing, willkommen = welcome, Arm = arm, Hut = hat, Hammer = hammer, Nacht = night, etc.)

But you're right about the French words. They were directly borrowed into English during the centuries that France ruled over Britain. That's why so many words related to high culture, politics and law come from French (royal = royal, court = court, juge = judge, bureau = bureau, verdict = verdict, riche = rich, monnaie = money, etc.) One interesting consequence of this is that common animal names are usually shared with German whereas the names for the meats of those animals were borrowed from the French, whose high status meant they hardly ever dealt with or talked about the animals themselves.

cow (German Kuh)/beef (French bœuf)
sheep (German Schaf)/mutton (French mouton)
swine (German Schwein)/pork (French porc)
calf (German Kalb)/veal (French veau)

[Divadish]

Just about all European languages are Latin based or derivatives thereof

[robert42]

"if the pluaral of goose is geese, then shouldn't the pluaral of moose be meese?"

i always think that like

shouldnt a house be hoose? lool

wow

thats love right there

[Weedhound]

I agree with slipknot.....time for a breather from the blazing. :jointsmile: Or is that blazingly?

[vileoxidation]

I could tell you why...but then this thread would be moved to the conspiracy section

LOL best response.