English is a weird language and us Americans made it much much weirder
In all realistic fairness, English is the overwhelmingly most diverse language in human history. If other languages were forced to compete then they would be just as bastardized
Also pretty weird are a lot of American-based phrases. Was watching some random show on it and I realized just how many weird ones we have, and how incredibly obscure their meaning can be unless you're already used to hearing and using them.
I'm sure there's phrases from other languages/cultures that would be just as confusing to me too, but it was kind of an amusing eye opener nonetheless.
Ketanji is an African name?
Thought it was just one of the fake names that some American blacks insist on giving their kids.
In all realistic fairness, English is the overwhelmingly most diverse language in human history. If other languages were forced to compete then they would be just as bastardized
Hence its weirdness.
Also pretty weird are a lot of American-based phrases. Was watching some random show on it and I realized just how many weird ones we have, and how incredibly obscure their meaning can be unless you're already used to hearing and using them.
I'm sure there's phrases from other languages/cultures that would be just as confusing to me too, but it was kind of an amusing eye opener nonetheless.