People who started learning a second language, how has it made you aware how broken English is ?
Clarification Edit: for people who speak English natively and are learning a second language
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Clarification Edit: for people who speak English natively and are learning a second language
It isn't broken. It's quirky, and they all are.
What I appreciate about Spanish over English is the ease of spelling and pronouncing new words. What I appreciate about English over Spanish is the ease of creating new words.
I have some limited ability/understanding in other languages, but not enough to judge. Except for French.
If you want to create new words, boy am I excited to tell you about German
And what's the word in German that means everything you just wrote?
Neuwörtermachenaufgeregheit.
Neologismuskreationsvorfreude would fit too
"Verschlimmbessern" is the best one I've read somewhere. It's the result of trying to fix it but you fail and make it worse.
Oh, and it's read as in red, not read as in rede
At this point "creating new words" is faster to say and to write
Truly unbelievable language. I love it. So easy to start, then you hit that wall of 25-letter words.
No you hit that wall of der, die, den, das......
The only ability you have in French is to judge. It's what the language is for.