@clousems said in #17:
> Lieutenant.
>
> Seriously, Brits, where does the "f" come from?
Can't help ya there...
> Lieutenant.
>
> Seriously, Brits, where does the "f" come from?
Can't help ya there...
There
Their
They're
And this is just for starters Chaps. :).
Their
They're
And this is just for starters Chaps. :).
@Mrchess78 Yep... ‘it’s over thar, pardner’
It annoys me how so many people don’t know the difference between loose and lose
@QueenRosieMary said in #10:
> Nothing really annoys me about the English language because it's all obvious to me. But then I am English and grew up in England as a native English speaker so I didn't even realise about all those weird anomalies until my overseas friends pointed them out to me!
>
> But for those who might be confused, here is a short YouTube video about how to pronounce the letters "OUGH" in nine different ways! Because even I have to admit that that is just ridiculous! Enjoy!
> Nothing really annoys me about the English language because it's all obvious to me. But then I am English and grew up in England as a native English speaker so I didn't even realise about all those weird anomalies until my overseas friends pointed them out to me!
>
> But for those who might be confused, here is a short YouTube video about how to pronounce the letters "OUGH" in nine different ways! Because even I have to admit that that is just ridiculous! Enjoy!
@PTX187 said in #15:
> In the USSR, the book for children "Deniska's stories" (1959) was very popular. Author Viktor Dragunsky simply wrote down funny stories that happened to his son Deniska and his friends.
> In the story "Englishman Pavlik" it was said that the boy Pavlik told Deniska that he had been studying English all summer.
> I tried to translate a small fragment of this story (with my assistant, of course):
>
> - Well done, - said dad. - I respect!
>
> Pavel just beamed.
>
> - A student, Seva, came to visit us. So he works with me every day. It's been two whole months now. Totally tortured.
>
> - And what, difficult English? - I asked.
>
> - Go crazy, - Pavel sighed.
>
> - How can it not be difficult, - Dad intervened. - The devil himself will break his leg there. Very difficult spelling. It is spelled Liverpool and pronounced Manchester.
> In the USSR, the book for children "Deniska's stories" (1959) was very popular. Author Viktor Dragunsky simply wrote down funny stories that happened to his son Deniska and his friends.
> In the story "Englishman Pavlik" it was said that the boy Pavlik told Deniska that he had been studying English all summer.
> I tried to translate a small fragment of this story (with my assistant, of course):
>
> - Well done, - said dad. - I respect!
>
> Pavel just beamed.
>
> - A student, Seva, came to visit us. So he works with me every day. It's been two whole months now. Totally tortured.
>
> - And what, difficult English? - I asked.
>
> - Go crazy, - Pavel sighed.
>
> - How can it not be difficult, - Dad intervened. - The devil himself will break his leg there. Very difficult spelling. It is spelled Liverpool and pronounced Manchester.
EvErYtHiNg
The thing which annoys me the most about the language English is that the word "but" isn't pronounced like the word "put".
Composition , Comprehension and Letter Writing
Bro I don't wanna be a writer so why
Bro I don't wanna be a writer so why
nothing is boring for me, in my opinion english is a very beautiful language, nevertheless speaking online has probably degraded the quality of my english a little, especially because of the pre-recorded words on iphone keyboards, there are also worrying about the names of chess pieces when I switch from one language to another, it's sometimes funny!
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