BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 16 days agoAnd people who don't read make fun of you for it.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square169fedilinkarrow-up11.11Karrow-down120
arrow-up11.09Karrow-down1imageAnd people who don't read make fun of you for it.lemmy.worldBonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 16 days agomessage-square169fedilink
minus-squareCyborganismlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·16 days agoAs a French Canadian moving from Quebec to Ontario, that struggle was real.
minus-squareMrGGlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·16 days agoBonjour! Bienvenue à Ontario! English is an absurd language, and something like 30% of English words are from old (Norman?) French. English is my first language and it just seems like pure chaos to me.
minus-squareCyborganismlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·16 days agoHey thanks! I moved back to Montreal after a few years. I learned a few things while I was there lol.
minus-squaremindbleach@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·15 days agoFrench has a shitload of rules and follows them 90% of the time. English has every few rules and follows them 10% of the time. About once a century someone tries to correct this and their partial success creates additional exceptions.
As a French Canadian moving from Quebec to Ontario, that struggle was real.
Bonjour! Bienvenue à Ontario!
English is an absurd language, and something like 30% of English words are from old (Norman?) French. English is my first language and it just seems like pure chaos to me.
Hey thanks! I moved back to Montreal after a few years. I learned a few things while I was there lol.
French has a shitload of rules and follows them 90% of the time.
English has every few rules and follows them 10% of the time.
About once a century someone tries to correct this and their partial success creates additional exceptions.