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What do you hate about the English Language?
For me, it's the spelling. For example "necessary" (thank auto correct!) That word has tortured my dyslexia for so long >:v there's too many "ss" sounds in it with "c" and "s" if that makes sense....
The inconsistency of the phonics. Eg. [c] can be /s/ or /k/ sounds, [z] can be /s/, /dz/, /z/. In reality the number of sounds in English greatly exceeds the 26 letters of the alphabet. Vowels alone (a, e, i, o, u) and the vowel like consonant [y] are a mere 5-6 letters but there are around 20 distinct vowel phonemes in English (eg the vowel [a] ch...... reply
The i before e “rule” that’s only true some of the time.
Onomatopoeia being a word that’s not pronounced at all how it’s spelled. Why is there a T? No one says it. We say “ah-nuh-mah-nuh-pee-uh” like bro? Huh??
The amount of words we borrow/stole from other languages. Also fiancé and fiancée. Those words are pronounced the same r...... reply
IDK. English is my first language, so I've pretty much mastered it ages ago. Plus, I used to read a lot of books and articles when I was younger, thus my grammar and punctuations are almost always perfect.
Although, I guess maybe I find it kinda bland now? Like, I am fluent in 2 more languages and am currently learning 4 more, and all those 6 lang...... reply
My accent is pretty strong. All of those "S" and "ED" at the end of the word are sometimes hard to pronounce. And I'm not even talking about all those "H" at the beginning. Other than the pronounciation, I'm okay with everything. My own language is pretty hard so I'm used to strange silent letters or long words with too many letters and words I nev...... reply
