Comments on: The English Language Sucks http://www.lightningshock.com/2008/03/03/the-english-language-sucks/ (Were you expecting a witty tagline?) Wed, 01 Feb 2012 19:47:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Sergio http://www.lightningshock.com/2008/03/03/the-english-language-sucks/#comment-3204 Sergio Tue, 28 Jun 2011 10:54:00 +0000 http://www.lightningshock.com/2008/03/03/the-english-language-sucks/#comment-3204 I totally agree! I used to love English, but since I'm a fanatic of linguistics, I've realized that it is not so cool... I still like it, but I think it should have an organism that would study and take care of it, just like Real Academia Española for Spanish language... Regards. I totally agree! I used to love English, but since I’m a fanatic of linguistics, I’ve realized that it is not so cool… I still like it, but I think it should have an organism that would study and take care of it, just like Real Academia Española for Spanish language…
Regards.

]]> By: kayk http://www.lightningshock.com/2008/03/03/the-english-language-sucks/#comment-3163 kayk Thu, 03 Mar 2011 15:13:30 +0000 http://www.lightningshock.com/2008/03/03/the-english-language-sucks/#comment-3163 Take the sentence "I didn't say I beat my wife." Six unique words, seven different meanings depending on the accented word. [I] didn't say .. / someone else said it I [didn't] say ../ in response to an accusation I didn't [say] I ../ Inferring another form of communication didn't say [I] beat ../ Someone else did it say I [beat] my ../ You did something else I beat [my] wife ../ You beat someone elses wife beat my [wife] ../ You beat someone/something else English sucks Take the sentence
“I didn’t say I beat my wife.” Six unique words, seven different meanings depending on the accented word.

[I] didn’t say .. / someone else said it
I [didn't] say ../ in response to an accusation
I didn’t [say] I ../ Inferring another form of communication
didn’t say [I] beat ../ Someone else did it
say I [beat] my ../ You did something else
I beat [my] wife ../ You beat someone elses wife
beat my [wife] ../ You beat someone/something else

English sucks

]]> By: Shaun http://www.lightningshock.com/2008/03/03/the-english-language-sucks/#comment-3107 Shaun Thu, 11 Nov 2010 17:00:20 +0000 http://www.lightningshock.com/2008/03/03/the-english-language-sucks/#comment-3107 I wish I was born in Germany so I didn't have to fill my head up with all this English garbage but it's too late now, I know too much to get rid of it :( I wish I was born in Germany so I didn’t have to fill my head up with all this English garbage but it’s too late now, I know too much to get rid of it :(

]]> By: DX Johnson Gonçalves da Costa Paiva http://www.lightningshock.com/2008/03/03/the-english-language-sucks/#comment-3074 DX Johnson Gonçalves da Costa Paiva Tue, 07 Sep 2010 22:53:07 +0000 http://www.lightningshock.com/2008/03/03/the-english-language-sucks/#comment-3074 I agree. The language is boring and dumb. It does not sound romantic like the latin based languages, Portuguese, Spanish, French, Italian etc. There is no formal way to say you nor masculine and feminine nouns. I agree. The language is boring and dumb. It does not sound romantic like the latin based languages, Portuguese, Spanish, French, Italian etc. There is no formal way to say you nor masculine and feminine nouns.

]]> By: Blog Hopping « Alexander The Great http://www.lightningshock.com/2008/03/03/the-english-language-sucks/#comment-157 Blog Hopping « Alexander The Great Fri, 07 Mar 2008 18:25:01 +0000 http://www.lightningshock.com/2008/03/03/the-english-language-sucks/#comment-157 [...] English Sucks, but Digital Point Sucks [...] [...] English Sucks, but Digital Point Sucks [...]

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