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English is a terrible language! crying

I've been working with my Persians and it made me very aware that we have verb tenses that don't exist in other languages, very little consistency in pronunciation or spelling, and enough dialects between the UK, US, and Australian/New Zealand users to confuse ourselves, much less the hapless foreigners. shock

I like English
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English have an unbelieveable lot of words, but you can get along knowing a fraction. The grammar may be complicated if you dive deep, but you can get along just putting words together like pearls on a string.
People are generally pretty tolerant of mistakes and errors, and one funny thing I have noticed is that two non-English-speaking people both speaking terribly broken English understand each other surprisingly well. Another thing is: When you use your broken English with the funny accent, you are actually able to get people's attention for a while.

This may surprise you: Dialects of so far-apart-places as you mention are not nearly as pronounced as those in tiny Denmark. Here we sometimes use subtexts on TV when compatriots with heavy dialects speak. And often we wish they did it much more ...
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The verb tenses you mention, I don't know. Over and above Danish you just have the future tense, I think.
When you move over to the Latin languages, they really want to be accurate and have zillions of verb tenses, I think.
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an ya'llyouans ain't never seen no hill folks atry to have a parley from across the holler
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Got me, Sport.
What does "youans" mean?
And where would they express themselves thisaway?
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YOUans as opposed to WEans.
You know, y'all over to yonder.
My mom's kin talk thataway, bein' from the next holler over from where Sport abides. Appallachia has strong Scots/Irish roots and a dialect all its own.
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My mom's kin talk thataway, bein' from the next holler over from where Sport abides. Appallachia has strong Scots/Irish roots and a dialect all its own.
Do you still have Ghost Mom?
How are you yourself, now?
Care for tea or coffee?
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Suppose hot cocoa is not the drink of choice in Florida.
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Got me, Sport.
What does "youans" mean?
And where would they express themselves thisaway?


This is a language "mostly English" from Southern Ohio/ West (by God) Virginia and Kentucky And maybe Norther Tennessee. Though I no longer use the dialect. Most of my Kin are from that region. though my ex is from eastern Pennsylvania and she could jaw with the best of them. Youans just means you all. biggrin
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This is a language "mostly English" from Southern Ohio/ West (by God) Virginia and Kentucky And maybe Norther Tennessee. Though I no longer use the dialect. Most of my Kin are from that region. though my ex is from eastern Pennsylvania and she could jaw with the best of them. Youans just means you all. biggrin
"To jaw with"
Never heard that, but quite selfexplanatory.
I have heard youse meaning the plural you in New England, which would be similar to the regional youans, I suppose.
Youse seem to make sense, because how do you know when it's you (singular) and when it's you (plural)?
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Y'all is the plural of you [or ye or ee if you're WAY back in the hills]

Ghost Mom died in 2005. Ghost Dad in 2003

Chugging tea this morning as I'm still not over this cough after a full week.
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I remember Ghost Mom not being well way back in my duckling days and you taking care of her.
It's difficult to say a final good-bye.
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Let uses have some tea.
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Sounds good coffee coffee
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