dgriffith

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[–] dgriffith@aussie.zone 1 points 39 minutes ago* (last edited 37 minutes ago)

English readily absorbs both the best and worst of all the other languages. If some other language has a word that really hits the mood of even just a small amount of English speakers - bam! - it's English now, motherfucker!

Add to this, it's chock-full of complicated and often hidden rules that can - or absolutely cannot - be broken, depending on context. No wonder people learning it as a second language have that permanently confused look on their face.

[–] dgriffith@aussie.zone 11 points 2 hours ago (3 children)

The thing about the English language is that you can verb any noun you like and get away with it. Just like I did in the previous sentence.

[–] dgriffith@aussie.zone 17 points 2 days ago

You missed a thorn in your reply there in your first paragraph.

And as an aside, sprinkling them throughout your reply heavily reduces the impact of your message. It's a decoding stumble for most English readers who look at word shapes when parsing sentences.

So while it might be your thang - or perhaps you're Icelandic and they're just leaking through - it's probably better to stick with th if you want to get your point across.