When you put all three parts of these memes together, what’s the secret message?

  • Dagwood222@lemm.ee
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    5 days ago

    To repeat an interweb truism…

    English isn’t a language; it’s three smaller languages sitting on each other’s shoulders and wearing a long coat and a fedora.

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      To repeat another interweb truism…

      English is closer to Chinese/Japanese as a pictographic system, since there are so many exceptions to the phonetic rules, syntax, and grammar that govern it, that it’s often easier to just memorize whole words and phrases, than to guess how to use them from alphabet alone

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        And the other one:

        “English is a language that lurks in dark alleys, beats up other languages and rifles through their pockets for spare vocabulary”

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        5 days ago

        Never heard that one, but it’s true. When I need to spell a word I ask “does it look right?”

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      5 days ago

      You forgot the dark alley and truncheon…

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        4 days ago

        That’s a comment that you can use on pretty much any post on any subject.

        “This is my mother’s recipe for lemon zest cake…”

        You forgot the dark alley and truncheon…

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          My mom forgot about the dark alley part though so it was public.

          Yeah that’s true but the English language is known for stealing words.

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            Counterpoint it’s not theft if you’re related and they clearly weren’t using it. Also it’s not theft if they stole something first, looking at you Japan stealing our swear words you fucking cock sucking bastards.

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    5 days ago

    At least it’s not as f-d up as French where dudes casually ignore like half of the letters in a sentence.

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      5 days ago

      Have you experienced Danish? They swallow more let’s than the French by a metric mile

      And do numbers over 80 even weirder

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          90 in Danish (halvfems written) is based on the value 4,5 times 20 = 90. “Halvfems” is short for “halvfem-sinds-tyve” which means “4,5”-“times”-“20”

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        I mean, it might be interesting. To be clear, I don’t dislike French, it’s quite fun, just weird at times

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    From now on, I’m going to call it the “Pacific ocean”, where the first c is pronounced as “c” and the last one as “c”.

    Also what a missed opportunity to call it the pacifi-c! Get it? The pacifi-sea? I’m very funny I know haha I should start a standup comedy show I will earn millions and I will become rich and famous and make my homies proud. Baking a cake requires four ingredients- flour, sugar, baking powder and grandma’s heart. By heart, I mean her love. Not her heart actually. That will kill her. But she is already dead :( I am sad. I will bake a cake. But no grandma, so no cake. I am sad :(. I am sad. I will bake a cake. But no grandma, so no cake. I am sad :(. I am sad. I will bake a cake. But no grandma, so no cake. I am sad :(. I am sad. I will bake a cake. But no grandma, so no cake. I am sad :(.

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    4 days ago

    English is dumb. It’s Pacifiko in Esperanto.