http://www.englishforums.com/English/WordsPunsJokes/Forum15.htmWhere an utterly useless word is submitted on a regular basis– and now we've thrown in a pun and a joke.enXMOD (Build: 3616.28671)http://www.englishforums.com/English/EnglishHardLearnBecause/2/bxvj/Post.htm#918525Sun, 27 Sep 2009 04:27:41 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:918525Anonymous0http://www.englishforums.com/English/EnglishHardLearnBecause/2/bxvj/Post.htm#918525http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments15-918525.xmlEnglish is a difficult language to adopt as a second language for so many reasons. Your point about learning Japanese is irrelevant to this 'why English is difficult' conversation. In places like Canada, did you know the reason for having so many different newspapers is because of the reading level that each one has adopted? The lowest reading level being that of a fourth grader. English has tenses, which in turn, all have subtenses (past, past continuous, past perfect etc.) Like the first quote, if two words have the same spelling, it depends if it is a verb or a noun for how it is pronounced. And yes, it does matter how coherent and fluent you are in English because when you don't have your prepositions, conjunctions,...http://www.englishforums.com/English/EnglishHardLearnBecause/bxvj/post.htm#896508Fri, 11 Sep 2009 06:16:52 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:896508Anonymous1http://www.englishforums.com/English/EnglishHardLearnBecause/bxvj/post.htm#896508http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments15-896508.xmlAll I can say is if English is so tough, what about Japanese? Most people can't even read the newspaper till they're in high school let alone understand the quirks of the language.http://www.englishforums.com/English/EnglishHardLearnBecause/bxvj/post.htm#846118Mon, 03 Aug 2009 22:59:44 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:846118Ahmedali1112http://www.englishforums.com/English/EnglishHardLearnBecause/bxvj/post.htm#846118http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments15-846118.xmlNo offence, but as Maharishi said the grammar of the language doesnt help the coherence of mind, that is why it is hard to use this languge as a tool for expresing ideas by those whose languages well up from deep levels of meditation as eastern languages ( Arabic , Sanskrit...). English language is a product of a practical mind.http://www.englishforums.com/English/EnglishHardLearnBecause/bxvj/post.htm#793951Wed, 24 Jun 2009 20:53:22 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:793951Anonymous3http://www.englishforums.com/English/EnglishHardLearnBecause/bxvj/post.htm#793951http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments15-793951.xmlI find it very hard to learn English, but I have not ben learn it for much time so that maybe why. But the television helped as well me as well listening to English music, which is very good music actually! I did not understand most sentences in the post although. Read and tear and desert and stuff--fugh! You pronounce it different when speaking but in writing it all the same! Very confusing. If person learns young then I predict they will better understand it more? That is just my opinion. I learned Polish when I was little and were fluent by age 5! I also learn Latin in school long ago, and that helps with English, though most of it I have forgotten. German was very hard, and I had to quit French. I think there's a total...http://www.englishforums.com/English/EnglishHardLearnBecause/bxvj/post.htm#10939Tue, 27 Jan 2009 03:09:51 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:10939mystical_angel4http://www.englishforums.com/English/EnglishHardLearnBecause/bxvj/post.htm#10939http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments15-10939.xmlI agree with you NanakixIII!!!!!http://www.englishforums.com/English/EnglishHardLearnBecause/bxvj/post.htm#10922Mon, 27 Apr 2009 02:09:51 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:10922NanakiXIII5http://www.englishforums.com/English/EnglishHardLearnBecause/bxvj/post.htm#10922http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments15-10922.xmlActually, I don't think English is too hard to learn. I learnt it by watching TV. OK, so I don't know all the grammar, but I do speak English.http://www.englishforums.com/English/EnglishHardLearnBecause/bxvj/post.htm#10920Mon, 27 Apr 2009 02:09:51 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:10920whl6266http://www.englishforums.com/English/EnglishHardLearnBecause/bxvj/post.htm#10920http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments15-10920.xmlIt is hard to learn because learners might adopt the wrong approach. It is like when you are in the US and ask for directions to Canada, someone advises you to head South :P Well, you may still reach the destination provided you go around the earth.http://www.englishforums.com/English/EnglishHardLearnBecause/bxvj/post.htm#10912Wed, 27 May 2009 02:09:51 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:10912mystical_angel7http://www.englishforums.com/English/EnglishHardLearnBecause/bxvj/post.htm#10912http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments15-10912.xmlI don't think so english is hard.If a person has willpower and wants to learn english that person can easily do it.http://www.englishforums.com/English/EnglishHardLearnBecause/bxvj/post.htm#9554Fri, 27 Feb 2009 03:09:51 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:9554Orpheus8http://www.englishforums.com/English/EnglishHardLearnBecause/bxvj/post.htm#9554http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments15-9554.xmlIf I am not mistaken it is an excerpt from the book 'Crazy English' by Richard Lederer.http://www.englishforums.com/English/EnglishHardLearnBecause/bxvj/post.htmTue, 27 Jan 2009 03:09:51 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:9036Woodward9http://www.englishforums.com/English/EnglishHardLearnBecause/bxvj/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments15-9036.xmlEnglish is hard to learn because... English was invented by people, not computers, and it reflects the creativity of the human race, which, of course, is not a race at all. We take English for granted. But if we explore its paradoxes, we find that quicksand can work slowly, boxing rings are square and a guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig. And why is it that writers write but fingers don't fing, grocers don't groce and hammers don't ham? Let's face it - English is a crazy language. There is no egg in eggplant nor ham in hamburger; neither apple nor pine in pineapple. English muffins weren't invented in England or French fries in France. Sweetmeats are candies while sweetbreads, which aren't sweet, are meat. If...