[https://youtu.be/A8zWWp0akUU] (YouTube link) English is a weird language, in that the written version... ...kes years for a child, hearing nothing but spoken English , to master it orally, then many more years to mas... ...onunciation to vowels until it doesn't sound like English...
https://www.neatorama.com/2018/08/15/What-If-English-Were-Phonetically-Consistent/[https://youtu.be/Owf5Uq4oFps] (YouTube link)You might think of the Normans (if you ever think of them at all) as French, but they were actually Vikings who converted to Christianity after they settled in the northern pa...
https://www.neatorama.com/2018/08/13/How-Norman-Conquerors-Changed-the-History-of-Europe/[https://youtu.be/OPSZt2bn6nQ] (YouTube link)Jordan Watson is famous for his How To Dad series. His daughters are growing up, though, and the oldest is learning to read. There is nothing that makes you question the unive...
https://www.neatorama.com/2018/04/30/Why-English-Sux/We sing the same popular Christmas carols all thro... ...have been handed down to us from a time when the English language was different. For example,2. Troll the... ...ther Christmas lyrics that don't jibe with modern English
https://www.neatorama.com/2017/12/05/6-Grammar-Lessons-Hidden-in-Christmas-Songs/One language’s long journey from humble to h... ...humble to honorificabilitudinitatihus. Long ago, English was considered a barbarian’s tongue. It was... ...s with everyday languages— even the debased English — to spread ideas. An audacious project was... ...accessible for this uncult...
https://www.neatorama.com/2017/09/08/How-English-Was-Made/Everyone has that one or two words they just always spell wrong. Thanks to Google, we can now see what every state misspells the most. Beautiful, pneumonia and maintenance are all pretty common themes along the whole cou...
https://www.neatorama.com/2017/06/02/What-Word-Does-Your-State-Misspell-the-Most/If you want to travel the world but don't speak ot... ...e. If you're reading this, I'm assuming you speak English and good news -so do the countries in this great... ...t every person in these countries actually speaks English , but each of them have a large enough English po...
https://www.neatorama.com/2017/01/10/13-Countries-You-Might-be-Surprised-to-Know-Speak-English/Get your hankies out, this is a sweet story about... ...sweet story about a Polish man learning to speak English . It's two steps forward and one step back, which... ...y moments, but he is determined to communicate in English . Contains a very little NSFW language.[https://yo...
https://www.neatorama.com/2016/12/06/English-for-Beginners/You can believe it, just check the sources! This a... ...urces! This artwork was spotted on the door of an English
https://www.neatorama.com/2016/10/07/The-Credible-Hulk-2/Things native English speakers know, but don't know we know: pic.twitte... ...he Elements of Eloquence: How to Turn the Perfect English Phrase by Mark Forsyth. This is the royal order o... ...royal order of adjectives, which is taught to new English speakers (with difficul...
https://www.neatorama.com/2016/09/11/A-Crazy-English-Grammar-Rule-You-Know-But-Have-Never-Heard-Of/