English is just a Creole Language For Dummies (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

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As the title says, this popped into my head while walking to my home being showered with subzero frozen rain.

Modern english is just an creole language of 5 different european languages and made super easy to mix the conflicts between those languages. Thats why its so easy to learn for most people.

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[-] Zeppo@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago

Yes, I would prefer to be literate.

[-] taladar@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago

I was actually more thinking about the use case where you e.g. only read and write online but rarely speak the language yourself and don't watch any movies or listen to audio books or podcasts.

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