This Is Why English Is Confusing

[Quattro Pete]

Originally Posted By: Kamele0N

Is this true?

Yes... http://grammarist.com/spelling/gray-grey/

 

[Kamele0N]

Tnx

 

[BalticBob]

Try learning Lithuanian...... A friend from Lithuania arrived here in USA and thought it was funny to see a Toyota truck named a Tundra. In Lithuania, if you refer to someone being from the "tundra" (think Siberia) they were mentally dense, not very bright, stupid. I guess he thought owners of a Tundra were not very bright ...... as I think about it, that may be true!

 

[Jetronic]

Pajero in Spanish alledgedly isn't very nice either: the Mitsubishi is called Montero there.

 

[Kira]

Aus, ausser, bei, mit, zeit, von zu...immer Dative Bis, durch, für, gegen, ohne, um...immer Akkusative Whatever dative and akkusitive means!

 

[Papa Bear]

Originally Posted By: Virtus_Probi

English is a horrifying mishmash of German and Latin with influences from Greek and other languages tossed in just to make it really confusing.

The English speak it quite elegantly

 

[javacontour]

Originally Posted By: Papa Bear

The English speak it quite elegantly

I find myself sitting with oilBabe watching things like Downton Abbey and Call The Midwife not because I am engaged in the stories, but that I like listening to the UK English dialog.