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The English language is a mystery to all of us,

whether you've been speaking it since day one, TRENDING
or you've just started to learn it. From its
bizarre spelling rules to its free-for-all
grammar, it's a daily struggle just trying to form
sentences that make sense. No wonder people
are turning to emoji to express their thoughts,
rather than coping with some weird English
words.

Unless you live in the Tibetan mountains or

belong to an Amazonian tribe, you've deHnitely
come across English grammar in use. It's the most widely-studied language in the world, Painting Helps Me To Manage
making it a connecting word between countries, and even continents. Thanks to the rise of Daily Life With Schizophrenia,
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American power and inJuence, English has spread like wildHre across the globe through
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movies, music, and literature. That doesn't mean it's any walk in the park.
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Have a look at some of the most frustrating moments English grammar has brought us
below; you don't have to search a long way for funny jokes, as they're all there, in the
common usage of English. And don't forget to check out our similar posts on French and
German, they might be even better than these funny jokes in English.

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Intensive Panda 3 years ago

and it makes a whole different sentence every time
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Orhan Diçer 3 years ago I Visited This Abandoned Movie

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Hannah Hahn 3 years ago

And they mean mostly the same thing, except for "She told him that only she loved him."
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They should have said “I slit a sheet, a sheet I slit. Upon the slitted sheet I sit"
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Belle White 3 years ago

As I say, " I slit a sheet, a sheet I shlit. Upon the shlitted sheet I s**t"
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Melissa Mcginnis 3 years ago

How about this tongue twister: "I slit the sheets, and the sheets slit me, slitty were the sheets
that were slit by me."
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Wakana Satou 3 years ago

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Ian Turner 3 years ago

Or... I'm a pheasant plucker, I'm a pheasant pluckers son and I'm busy plucking pheasants
until the pheasant plucker comes.
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I thought I was the only person who knew that whole rhyme! Thanks for bringing back some Plant Owners. Which Plant
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Mandi Lathrop 3 years ago

I thought I was the only person on earth to know that rhyme...
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Phil LaRussa 3 years ago

It's called the Indo-European Language Tree, look it up, it's actually very interesting.
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Hans 3 years ago

Never thought about it. Awesomely old straight vivid logic.
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Hans 3 years ago

At least it will make "boom" if you are not careful.
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Carlota Ocón 3 years ago

In spanish we don't say ananas, we say piña
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Dany Vigil 3 years ago

Well, Spanish is a very diverse language, from region to region the names of things may
change. In South America it is called Ananá. And the pineapple is originally from South
America. It is called Piña (Pine Cone) in other regions because it looks like a Pine Cone. I
guess in english it is the same (Pine + Apple).
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Mark Hudkins 3 years ago

hence why spanish was intentionally left off the list
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Patancita Ghiguly 3 years ago

It´s not correct that in spanish you´ll always say "piña". I live in Argentina, we say ANANÁ
also! It depends on the country! No es correcto que en español siempre se diga "piña". Yo
vivo en Argentina, decimos ANANÁ también! Esto depende del país!
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Miguel Fornés 3 years ago

Latin and Spanish ARE NOT the same language FOR GOD'S SAKE it's like claiming that
romanian, portuguese, italian, spanish, french are all the same
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Valentina 3 years ago

They said latin not spanish, latin is another language. I speak spanish and i know we say piña
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Jhonny Wylker 3 years ago

In Brazil we say Abacaxi
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Miguel Fornés 3 years ago

Latin and Spanish ARE NOT the same language, FOR GOD'S SAKE, the french wrong term
"latino" (should be Iberoamericano or hispanoamericano) THEREFORE does not mean "latin".
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Fruzsina Kokes Czakó 3 years ago

In hungarian pina means pussy , but a bit vulgar phrase :D
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Elina Vildoza 3 years ago

Pero nosotros decimos anana! Y tambien hablamos español
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Nattyland 3 years ago

Depends on the country. In Uruguay we call it anana. Piña you could say for us is the exotic
name.
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Silvina Lewin 3 years ago

In Argentina we speak Spanish and say "Ananá".
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Pau Dalton 3 years ago

In Argentina we call it ananá
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Emilia Potera 3 years ago

Who said you do?
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Felix Flores Jr. 3 years ago

in the Philippines we call it Pinya :-)
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Safaa Mounla 3 years ago

If you like Piña colada~
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Celia Makali 3 years ago

In swahili it's nanasi
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Alex Daal 3 years ago

In Spain. But, in few Latin Americas countries we say "ananá" (and it's right):
http://dle.rae.es/?id=2W7yB0E
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Claudia Zumaeta 3 years ago

In Argentina they do you anana
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Aurora Suarez 3 years ago

We do say Ananás, just look through the RAE's dictionary.
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William Martinez 3 years ago

It depends which country you're from...in Argentina we call it "anana"
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Frank Pembleton 3 years ago

Not that anybody mentioned spanish, or asked for your opinion. But you had to ruin the joke,
right?
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Anya Pérez 3 years ago

I've seen it as "ananas" in some Spanish recipe books :) Later on, while trying to decipher one
recipe y found it is the same "piña" we all love :D
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Mariana Krulewietki 3 years ago

In Argentina ananá
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Olivia Marrero 2 years ago

It is also ananás. That is what I say.
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WhiteFox 2 years ago

that sounds so much cooler
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Mike Dixon 2 years ago

Good thing Spanish isn't on the list then.
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Julio Peixoto Schwab 3 years ago

We say "ananá" in Uruguay and Argentina (and perhaps in other countries as well). "Piña" has
a different meaning for us.
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Mer Escardó 3 years ago

En tu dialecto de español, será. En el mío decimos "ananá ". :-)
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Ai Len 3 years ago

sorry, I'm argentinian, we speak spanish, we say anana.
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Mage Hildner 3 years ago

Because spanish is weird, too
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Zhenya Salop 3 years ago

That's probably why it was left off the list lol
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Joel Sánchez (kazer) 3 years ago

I opened this post just to make the same comment :)
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Perry Folster 3 years ago

In Spain lol not in Spanish. Spanish is not a place
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Botond Szász 3 years ago

the pina in hungarian language is a pussy :))
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Doris Rosenthal 3 years ago

and in portuguese it is abacaxí
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Chloe Gre 3 years ago

In some places we do call it ananá
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Eliana Biasutti 3 years ago

It depends on the region. In Argentina they're called ananá.
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Eliana Biasutti 3 years ago

It depends on the region. In Argentina we call them ananá
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Julian Cerruti 3 years ago

Depends where. In Argentina we say Ananá
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Edwin Lesperance 3 years ago

It's a bit more than that; but I get the point. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/piña Contact Jobs Advertise Privacy Policy
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Marty BlackEagle-Carl 3 years ago
thats why you didnt make the list :-)
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Max Eckemoff 3 years ago

If you could read, there is no mention of Spanish.
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Carine Azara 3 years ago

In Brazil we say abacaxi. Ah-bah-kah-she.
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Fernanda Fraga 3 years ago

In brazilian portuguese we say Abacaxi, not Ananas
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Beatrice Arie 3 years ago

In Malay, we call it Nanas but spelled as Nenas
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Lazy Panda 3 years ago

Maybe there are two different ways, like in French watermelon can be melon d'eau OR
pastèque
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Carolina Sodano 3 years ago

Ummmm, wrong. DeHnicion of "ananás" from the Real Academia Española:
http://dle.rae.es/?id=2W7yB0E "1. m. Planta exótica, vivaz, de la familia de las bromeliáceas,
que crece hasta unos 70 cm de altura, con hojas glaucas, ensiformes, rígidas, de bordes
espinosos y rematados en punta muy aguda; Jores de color morado y fruto grande en forma
de piña, carnoso, amarillento, muy fragante, suculento y terminado por un penacho de hojas.
2. m. Fruto del ananás." So yes, Spanish follows the trend.
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Samantha 3 years ago

Maybe that's why Spanish isn't in the list, lol! It's the only other language that doesn't match.
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Diver Driver 3 years ago

my thought exactly
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Hans 3 years ago

Well, isn't this the case with many words? Like terriHc, or also awful. an aweful beach, to my
understanding is one that you do not want to visit, while you deHnitely want to hand out on an
awefully great beach. An if you hear of a terriHc beach, you better ask twice. Any native speakers
here to explain? Even though I am afraid this might even be different in AE and BE.
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