r/MadeMeSmile 1d ago

Good Vibes ESL classes be like

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u/Adventurous-Bee4823 1d ago

When I was learning English (thirty some years ago. Immigrated from Russia, legally, with not a lick of English under my belt) reading it was so confusing. I still to this day do not understand the pronunciation of “Colonel”.

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u/dayburner 1d ago

That's because colonel is a french word, the real issue is English doesn't know how to properly borrow words.

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u/Azaana 1d ago

The best way i heared it is English waits in dark corridors to beat up other languages then rummages through their pockets for words and grammar.

But also for the writing blame the Dutch for why it is so bad. Many languages go through a great vowel shift ours just happened at the time the Dutch came over with printing presses. So the printing presses standardise writing, yet this is happening at the same time how it is all said is changing and then applied through how the Dutch would do it. I know the gh combination is affected by this but there are some others as well.

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u/MoonSpankRaw 1d ago

I know it was a typo but “heared it” sounded cute.