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Engish is easy. No conjugation - you just have to memorize 50,000 words and you're good.

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[–] Kentaree 18 points 1 year ago (12 children)

This reminds me of a poem called "The Chaos" which highlights how dumb English can be as a language

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There's also "English is a stupid language" which focuses on word constructions instead of pronunciation

[–] mindbleach 3 points 1 year ago

That's not linguistic criticism, that's Jerry Seinfeld's rejected material.

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