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Why English Is So Hard To Learn (i0.wp.com)

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[–] Damage@feddit.it 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I've never heard anyone saying English is hard. The only hard part of English is the pronunciation, because it doesn't make sense, you just have to know all the words...

It's wide adoption has probably been helped by the ease of learning its basics.

[–] ieatpillowtags@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It’s not hard, it’s just that you have to know everything!

…that makes it hard!

[–] Damage@feddit.it 1 points 2 years ago

Nah. If I say "I thinked" instead of "I thought", I'm pretty sure you're going to understand me anyway. And with the written form you don't have problems with stuff like "read-read" or "colonel".

[–] lars@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

To my surprise, I have heard a lot of French people say English is easy to learn.

[–] Damage@feddit.it 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Why would that be surprising?

[–] lars@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 2 years ago

Because we barely pronounce anything compared to Romances