35 People Who Prove That The English Language is Weird And Not Very User-Friendly

Exactly how many people in the world speak English? Around 1.35 billion people worldwide speak English, and most, if not all, of them must have wondered how weird the English language really is.

Despite having dominated the world, the English language is full of flaws and pronunciation errors, even when the words are extremely similar. For example, see the difference between "go" and "to."

English is a mash-up of many other languages, including Greek, Danish, Norse, French, Chinese, Spanish, Japanese, and even Hindi! It's like the Frankenstein of all languages.

Thanks to social media and teenage hormones, English is constantly changing. Words like hellacious, supposably, hygge, and many more were virtually extinct before 2021.

Or at least that's what I know. Then we've got weird slang like rad, yeet, dope... smh.

The problem is that sometimes one English word means different things! They're called homonyms.

Examples of homonyms include date, arm, crane, dough, and left... I'm sure you get the point.

You really have to listen to what another person says before you jump in to respond. That's the power of the English language.

Well, if you feel the same, we're here to tell you that you aren't alone. A lot of people think the English language is weird, and here are 35 of the best comments for you.

1. My brain can't take it anymore.

2. Thank you for this.

allisonkollins

3. Wait, what?

lisaquestions

4. Because they're both muscles.

fairyminas

5. They didn't want to share the same ending.

alexkoford

6. I can't even.

MikeFinesse_

7. OMG.

farmsuggestion

8. My tongue died trying to pronounce this.

9. I would've jumped off with you.

moist-grunge

10. Enough.

11. Imagine, the boom went boom. Such a pun.

death-limes

12. No, please, anything but this.

egberts

13. I read that a couple of times.

quazza

14. That destroyed me.

macleodsawyer

15. This makes sense.

16. Smooth.

invicxtus

17. English makes no sense.

kevpartner

18. Mind blown.

shadowwraiths

19. ROFL.

maddylizy

20. IDK.

rudy_betrayed

21. Um. Okay.

livemulticulturually

22. I can't anymore.

PatrickReza

23. Thank you for this absolute randomness.

24. This killed a few brain cells.

iowahawkblog

25. Please, stop.

dajo42

26. Dang.

showerfeelings

27. I don't know.

Real_jaeflex

28. Uh.

questlon.tumblr.com

29. The brain is the culprit here.

chlothegod

30. LMAO.

nause0us

31. You can, but you shouldn't take.

PoweredByJollof

32. Such a waste of letters.

languageguru

33. As long as it tastes good.

ohheykenz123

34. ROFL.

DankertJackson

35. True, though.

trexis__

In Summary...

The English language is weird, and it's no secret anymore. I'm grateful that English is my first language because learning it as a second language is like chewing glass.

For example, consider these words:

• Cough
• Though
• Rough
• Plough
• Through...

They all have the "ough" ending, but each of these words is pronounced differently. Why?

No one knows.

For the record, all this is on record, and I'm content with that content. You see, the same words can mean different things!

This is madness.

Did you know that over 25 countries refer to pineapple as "ananas" and English is the odd one out? So yes, we completely agree that the English language is a little odd.

There's no egg in eggplant or ham in hamburgers, yet we continue to defame these foods. The world's most popular language is a headache to learn and understand simply because it's so complicated.

Some English words make no sense at all, and I'm surprised they've existed since the early 1800s. For example:

• Kerfuffle
• Hullabaloo
• Ragamuffin...

Anyway, I can go on, but my time is up. I'm going to wrap up this article now.