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[-] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 43 points 2 weeks ago

If I ever meet a kid sprinkling garlic powder on me .... I'll make sure to scream in pain, roll around on the ground for a second or two and run away like a mad man without explanation.

[-] Stamets@lemmy.world 11 points 2 weeks ago

The only reasonable course of action

[-] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

If a kid is sprinkling stuff on me, I could do many things but I'm not tasting it to find out if it's garlic.

[-] PotatoLibre@feddit.it 15 points 2 weeks ago

Still brave. .

As a kid I left my parents car and jumped on my uncle one (which was driving behind us), just because my father said the car may have had some problem.

[-] 5714@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 2 weeks ago

SURREPTITIOUSLY

What the fuck, English?

sur-rep-ti-tious-ly.

secretly would've been just fine as well

[-] SuperNovaStar@lemmy.blahaj.zone 17 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Nah secretly is different

Surreptitiously is closer to sneakily, really

Also, the diversity of words English speakers have at their disposal is probably English's main selling point. Lots of languages do lots of things better than English does, but English does manage to convey a lot of nuance and meaning through careful word selection.

[-] addie@feddit.uk 4 points 2 weeks ago

English does have some very good bits:

  • easiest adjective declension rules of any language, ie. none.
  • verb conjugation rules can be scribbled down in their essence on the back of a napkin and there's not that many exceptions; probably the easiest of any Indo-European language.
  • no "grammatical" gender; only pronouns are changed for gender and they're mostly as expected from biology
  • no polite vs. informal forms of "you" and rules to remember
  • loads of words, for subtle nuance and meaning

...and some less good bits:

  • loads of words, to confuse learners.
  • the spelling rules are the fever dream of a madman. Many words are distinguished by stress, which is not marked. Want to learn the language by reading it? Ha ha no. Also, loads and loads of vowel sounds compared to most languages.
  • massive reliance of "phrasal verbs", where the meaning can't be guessed from the parts. A "hang up" and a "hang over" have nothing to do with hanging and nothing to do with each other, despite up and over describing similar concepts
  • grammatical concepts that don't exist in other languages, like "do support" for forming questions or negating a statement. Mood and tense of a sentence might be difficult to parse for some learners as that's indicated by "trigger words" rather than anything more concrete
  • the native speakers do like to come out with some nonsense, too.
[-] addie@feddit.uk 2 points 2 weeks ago

Alas no. Sur-rip-tish-yis-ly. Apparently you can blame Latin for sub + rapere = "secret snatch".

Slightly sideways take on pocket sand.

[-] sbv@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 weeks ago

The kid is prepared.

[-] Lupo@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago

Fullmetal Fisting

Attack on Fisting

Legend of the Fisting Heroes

Fist of the Fisting Star

Frieren: Beyond Fisting's End

[-] rockerface@lemm.ee 5 points 2 weeks ago

JoJo's Fisting Adventures

My Fisting Academia

Chainsaw Fisting

Orb: On the Fisting of the Earth

Dragon Fisting

[-] 5714@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 weeks ago

One Fisting Man

Parafisting

Fisting Classroom

Fisting Psycho 100

Fisting Note

Demon Fister

[-] Lupo@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

God's Fisting on this Wonderful World

That Time I Got Fisted as a Slime

Sword Fisting Online

No Fisting No Life

The Eminence in Fisting

Solo Fisting

[-] derpgon@programming.dev 1 points 2 weeks ago

I prefer "Fisting Art Online"

[-] Lupo@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Spoken like somebody whose never sword fisted before

[-] Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 2 weeks ago

Fullmetal Fisting: Brotherhood

[-] throwawayacc0430@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 weeks ago
[-] Archangel1313@lemm.ee 1 points 2 weeks ago
[-] Hupf@feddit.org 1 points 2 weeks ago
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