the oddities of English

[marycatelli]

The history and its results.

Comments

[lindahoyland.livejournal.com]

A fascinating article.

[marycatelli]

glad you like it

[izuko.livejournal.com]

Funny how many of the reasons he considers English to be "weird" are issues I either take to be meaningless (lack of near cousin languages) or benefits (not being gender-specific).

[marycatelli]

Just because a thing's beneficial doesn't mean it's not odd.