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Gabriele :
You are so right…I used to think English is flat language, but I realised that emotional attachment is a difference between your native language and E
2023-09-23 20:56:45
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RespectedMadman :
Had a French person tell me english wasn't as clever because there wasn't any wordplay lol
2023-09-23 20:53:29
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MyAllieWay :
As far as I'm aware english actually has a reputation among linguists as being *particularly* "colorful", or, having words for specific niches
2023-09-23 21:26:58
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em!?! :
all languages are so beautiful i don’t get why ppl hate on any of them
2023-09-24 02:05:14
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美樹さん🇯🇵 :
For me, my native language Japanese doesn’t have many curse words that it’s more satisfying in English 😂
2023-09-23 20:52:27
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ketchup flip phone :
A cool thing in English is that many concepts have 2 words: a Latin/Norman word that sounds "fancier" and a Germanic word that sounds "folksier"
2023-09-24 16:55:43
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Martina Montague 🇮🇹🪷🍉 :
Lmao Shakespeare inexpressive?!, I’m Italian and I find it beautiful - But not American sorry - love the curse anyway 😂
2023-09-23 20:51:02
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chillandhotandcoolgirl :
THE SWEARING THING IS SO TRUE it just doesn’t have that sense of taboo
2023-09-24 01:48:09
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lebanat :
it's not a flat language, but some things are better expressed in other languages (and vice-versa).
2023-09-24 18:03:29
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evie :
Yesss my husband is bilingual (native fluency for both) but curses almost exclusively in Spanish. He describes it as more cathartic lol
2023-09-24 01:25:02
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royalwins8 :
most people barely use a fraction of the available English vocabulary. There are a ton of expressive words that r rarely used
2023-09-23 20:57:40
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Kayley :
I saw the phrase "louder than 2 skeletons f*cking on a tin roof" and after that there's no way you could convince me English isn't expressive af. 💀💀
2023-09-24 02:21:46
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TiktaalikOffical :
I hate when people are dismissive of other languages, each on is beautifu
2023-09-24 01:15:17
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крал :
I think people are also confusing the idea that english easy to learn to an intermediate level with its level of expressive power and idiom
2023-09-29 11:00:26
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Nan :
yeah in my experience it's always people who have an awkward or lower- to mid- level grasp of the language saying this.
2023-09-24 01:57:34
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ChuckB1969 :
it also means that they mostly speak English with other non-native speakers with whom they need to keep it simplified
2023-09-24 12:39:06
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The Red Queen 🍉 :
Growing up with my mom whose first language isn’t english, i rarely heard her cuss in english, she’d always switch to her native tongue. 😂
2023-09-24 00:12:20
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AccaliaLB :
I find it easier to learn that some other langages. But it’s not flat! :o
2023-09-23 21:19:25
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Maya Rae :
there's no such thing as a non-expressive language, only non-creative people
2023-09-24 06:25:45
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a :
yeah I think people attach stuff to languages that simply isn't there... similarly when people assume English is simpler bc it's a lingua franca
2023-09-29 15:27:51
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Outdoor Quilter :
I play the synonym game with my Colombian in-laws. so I'll say a word, they say it in Spanish and then I list synonyms and they try to match it.
2023-09-24 01:21:45
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Many Eyed Seraph :
In my experience, while it’s definitely extremely expressive, I have difficulty translating very direct words in Russian into English in a way—
2023-09-24 01:17:34
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Merlsherl :
And the variety of influences makes English very flexible in terms of what you can express and how
2023-09-23 20:57:38
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ordghhhhhh :
Latin languages are more flowery. Poems written in Spanish/ French/ Italian and translated into English lose something.
2023-09-24 00:46:18
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Rin 🌻 Печенько :
The same ppl that will say English is “flat” are the same ppl who say AAVE is “too much”
2023-09-24 18:06:21
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cog.sprocket :
yes! every language is flat when you're first learning it!
2023-09-24 15:21:16
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orangeboomer :
Jorge Luis Borges found English more expressive than his native Spanish, and he commanded both languages masterfully.
2023-09-24 11:23:38
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katiecatblanc :
When ppl call English flat I feel like they aren’t aware of how much it’s speakers use idioms and phrase to express ourselves outside of single words1
2023-10-17 14:54:57
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zoot noot :
English has 10 words for like anything and it makes poetry amazing
2023-09-25 05:00:10
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RibbonBee :
I think what's hard for a lot of second language learners is understanding how important idioms and verbal phrases are to expression
2023-09-25 03:34:56
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lauren :
Lots of ppl haven’t read a book above a 6th grade level since Highschool. Those books w/ flowery hard to understand languages are using expressions!
2023-09-24 21:53:07
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katiesings :
English is one of the few languages in which you can just... insert a swear word into the middle of another word. "Abso-f*cking-lutely!"
2023-09-24 18:57:21
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美樹さん🇯🇵 :
I can’t even manage saying « Ta gueule » in French. My French friends instilled the nuance to me just too many times😭 At best « putain »
2023-09-24 02:29:02
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harvey 🫥 :
people forget that claiming linguistic superiority is inherently fascist lmao
2023-09-27 21:10:02
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Its_Lose_Not_Loose :
So many variations of the English language - I speak Scots, and talk on a Scots accent/dialect that holds weight to me.
2023-09-27 02:44:05
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Michelle | Bilingual Parenting :
Well said! Literally writing my PhD about this 😂
2023-09-26 21:57:23
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cothn :
swearing is so real I CANNOT SWEAR in Spanish it's so dirtyyyy, but in English?? imma go off it doesn't matter in English
2023-09-24 18:59:58
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oblivionWonder :
it’s not just english. language in school is only taught to the extent where basic communication is possible because anything more isn’t “efficient”
2023-09-23 23:56:59
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Kat Taylor Hopkins :
I don’t think the language is less capable of expression, but there may be something to 1/2
2023-09-23 20:50:45
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Salem. :
ppl see english in a very utalitarian way, which tricks them into believing it a plain language. Just tells u they know very little of it, really.
2023-10-04 17:37:12
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Servads :
Ironic considering English has way more words / phrases than French.
2023-09-27 05:19:59
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deenert :
What English has is loads and loads and loads of words that mean ALMOST the same but not quite. Lots of nuance and precision.
2023-09-26 07:04:24
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