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On the Lighter Side => New Theories => Topic started by: Eddie Mars on 30/06/2025 10:37:17
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Hi,
a / e (letters, with their variants) - [~a] / [~e] (sounds, with their variants)
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A word changes somehow in whatever language
/plural (?), stress (?), grammatical case (?), ...
or
"goes into" a different language
and
so does
a / e (letters, with the variants) - [~a] / [~e] (sounds, with the variants).
And this is often.
Aryan
https://www.etymonline.com/word/Aryan
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A native speaker does not pay attention to that at all. IT IS SO NATURAL.
The problems come when that "SO NATURAL"-speaker
tries
to learn or study another languages.
Then ALL BECOMES SO ILLOGICAL.
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Gianni Rodari
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gianni_Rodari
Il romanzo di Cipollino ("The Adventures of Cipollino, the Little Onion", 1951)
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Gelsomino nel paese dei bugiardi ("Gelsomino in the Country of Liars", 1958)
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Favole al telefono ("Telephone Tales", 1962)
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...
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the end
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They are not the same, I am saying that though my english competences aren't very big, I am from Poland.
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apple - jabłko (Polish) - яблоко [jabloko] (Russian)
/different languages
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/inside a language
German, especially Slavic languages, ...
/a - a with 2 dots above/, ...
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When people speak (use) their language, they don't rationalise - they feel.
In other words, they don't think.
Of course, they convey rational thoughts "on a level above".
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A few remain rational through (all) the "layers".
Smooth operator
Someone talented at using verbal communication to get what they want from a situation, such as persuading someone.
https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Smooth%20operator
Sade - Smooth Operator - Official - 1984
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Leaving alone phonetics and orthography, English, in its logic and syntax, is a piece of cake.
/and leaving some mistakes aside
/like gerund (-ing) and present (active) participle (-ing)
/and
/the "adverbial" participle (-ing) - the second of two actions going together
/three -ing altogether
/Leaving (2)..., English is (1) a piece of cake.
/two actions go together (2) -second; (1) - first, main action
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gerund (n.)
https://www.etymonline.com/word/gerund
... a verbal noun
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It is so simplified!
/that one sometimes feels uncomfortable
-ing(1)
-ing(2)
...
The vowel weakened in late Old English and the spelling with -g began 13c.-14c. among Anglo-Norman scribes who naturally confused it with -ing (1).
https://www.etymonline.com/search?q=-ing
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Participles are active or passive, but that is swept under the carpet in English.
And
the past passive participle after have is the name (thing) of the state or action.
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Conditionals are the simplest. One doesn't even need "were" anymore.
The same is about conjunctive/subjunctive.
conjunctive (adj.)
https://www.etymonline.com/search?q=conjunctive
subjunctive (n.)
https://www.etymonline.com/search?q=subjunctive
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Ismo: A$$ Is The Most Complicated Word In The English Language
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Dear Addia Mers,
No.
Kind regards
Everybody.
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Thank you kindly, Everybody.
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"Isn't it ironic?"
https://www.thenakedscientists.com/forum/index.php?topic=87309.0#msg746316
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Fraser: No, I think you are an evil psychopath. But if you try, Detective Vecchio will blow your brains off.
Vecchio: 'Out.'
Fraser: Out. I'm sorry, I stand corrected. He will blow your brains out.
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off
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/off
off (adverb)
direction (in most general terms)
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off (preposition)
place (in most general terms)
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out ...
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The thing is that in English
"directions" and "places" (, and ...) are worded, spelling and pronunciation,
in the same manner.
This is simplification.
For a native - it is alright;
for a foreigner - it is another story.
Foreigners, in general, are bad at developing feelings.
They are almost always rational.
But their kids become native.
/they develop feelings
assimilate (v.)
https://www.etymonline.com/word/assimilate
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pronounce - pronunciation
"a - e" - "ou - u"
Similar?! - Nooo!
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Britney Spears - ...Baby One More Time (Official Video)
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One lives in different environments (societies):
- close family: mother, father, siblings, ...;
- preschool;
- school from the 1st to the 4th grade - mixed;
- school from the 5th to the 8th or 10th separated;
- university - mixed.
/guys give some time in service to society (army, hospitals, hospices, ... )
/before
/entering colleges/universities
That gives them some difference in age.
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