Disclaimer - These example are not my own. Readily available examples to highlight the impact of the English Language.
If you think learning Spanish or French is hard, try learning English. It takes from Latin, German and any other language it pleases. Then throws the book out the window, at your head, and anyone else it can inflict itself upon.
Ladies and gentlemen, the english Language…
1. “I never said she stole my money.”
This sentence has seven different meanings depending on the stressed word.
I never said she stole my money. - (Someone else said that.)
I NEVER said she stole my money. - (I’d never accuse her of that.)
I never SAID she stole my money. - (I didn’t say it, although I may have implied it.)
I never said SHE stole my money. - (I didn’t imply her in particular.)
I never said she STOLE my money. - (She’s just taking a long time to pay me back.)
I never said she stole MY money. - (It wasn’t my money she stole.)
I never said she stole my MONEY. - (It wasn’t money that was stolen.)
2. So many silent letters.
For example, ‘Queue’. Disregard the last four letters to pronounce correctly.
3. Why all the different pronunciations?
Take a wallet to the ballet and hammer it with a mallet until they rhyme.
4. English just has to be different.
Danish - Ananas
Dutch - Ananas
English - Pineapple
Finnish - Ananas
French - Ananas
German - Ananas
Icelandic - Ananas
Italian - Ananas
Latin - Ananas
Norwegian - Ananas
Polish - Ananas
Portuguese - Ananas
Romanian - Ananas
Swedish - Ananas
Turkish - Ananas
