And you think English is easy, think again

Lady Fitzgerald said:

whs said:

Nah, that's not so. If it was not for the lack of any pronounciation rules, English would be the easiest language of those that I know.

Oh, we have pronunciation rules. It's just that we have more exceptions to the rules than adherence to them.

Which comes out to the same - not easy.

whs said:

Lady Fitzgerald said:

whs said:

Nah, that's not so. If it was not for the lack of any pronounciation rules, English would be the easiest language of those that I know.

Oh, we have pronunciation rules. It's just that we have more exceptions to the rules than adherence to them.

Which comes out to the same - not easy.

True that.

z3r010 said:

I think in all English speaking counties that Spanish followed my Mandarin Chinese should be mandatory, the only thing anybody needs to learn in french is "I'm a cheese eating surrender monkey" although I think most of the french have learnt that in German anyway

I love it for sure.
"I'm a cheese eating surrender monkey"

You can buy french military rifles cheep.
Never shot; only dropped once.

Pronunciation is one of the problems for sure.
I like to watch British T.V. at times but in many cases I can't because they don't speak English. They speak British and I have no idea what they are saying. I know they take all the "H" out of the spoken language and still can't understand them many times.

House = Ouse
Sherlock Holmes = Sherlock Oms

I think most of that kind of talk is Cockney. Cockney I think, is regarded as "Ebonese" or "hill talk" here.
Correct me if wrong British friends.

A viewing habit I had while this program ran here in Los Angeles from it early days...... .wait .......I'm a bit ashamed......was ......the EastEnders a British soap opera taking place in and around Albert Square. Recorded I would replay over to attempt to understand what I'd heard. I've fallen way out of interest of EE but still love to hear the spoken word of English in all it's strains and refrains !

Britton30 said:

I think most of that kind of talk is Cockney. Cockney I think, is regarded as "Ebonese" or "hill talk" here.
Correct me if wrong British friends.

Im afraid your wrong, the H is dropped in most Dialects across the country particularly the Cornish dialect, my 'andsome.

in Liverpudlian they drop all sorts of letters to create a cacophony of new words

"arey la' worrar yer onabouse"
roughly translated means .
"i say old chap whatever are you talking about!"

"arey la' worrar yer onabouse"
roughly translated means .
i say old chap whatever are you talking about.

This must be terrible. Who understands this jargon. I always had a tough time with the people from Ulster. Impossible to understnd for a foreigner.

whs said:

"arey la' worrar yer onabouse"
roughly translated means .
i say old chap whatever are you talking about.

This must be terrible. Who understands this jargon. I always had a tough time with the people from Ulster. Impossible to understnd for a foreigner.

True that, we had a hard time understanding the Beatles when they first came here. I also have a hard time understanding some from the mountains of Virginia too.