Learning languages is hard, especially if you’re not getting the whole immersion experience. I feel your pain for those of us who have spent hours in a classroom trying desperately to understand what the teacher is saying in French or Spanish. Some lucky people have caught the language-learning bug, whether it be through traveling, Duolingo, …
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People Share Their Most Embarrassing Pronunciation Fails
It’s pretty common knowledge that English is far from the most logical of languages. I can’t imagine how difficult it is to make sense of words like «their», «there,» and «they’re.» Spelling may not be quite as difficult as Gaelic or Welsh, but making sense of silent or fickle letters must be frustrating. Even …
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Silly Language Memes & Puns That Remind Us Words Are Ridiculous
There are many ways to be an artist. Some people paint, others sing, a small minority do cross stitch with swear words on it to sell on Etsy. However, one of the most fun and accessible ways to practice art is by using our words. There are billions of different ways to make jokes with …
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Hilarious Spelling Fails That Highlight the Power of Proofreading
It’s easy to write something and never go back to edit it. After all, there are only so many hours in a day to get things done, and in many jobs, if you throw something onto the page, often nobody will clock your errors. No matter your job, it’s usually a good idea to know …
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Wacky Chinese McDonald’s Menu Translations Amuse Twitter
Translation is an art form. All different languages and cultures have varied ways of expressing themselves, and capturing that while making the text make sense is no mean feat. While online translation tools have come on from leaps and bounds since the days when young millennials used to try and cheat on their Spanish homework …
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Language Memes For Linguists Screaming At Their Duolingo App
Learning languages is hard, especially if you’re not getting the whole immersion experience. I feel your pain for those of us who have spent hours in a classroom trying desperately to understand what the teacher is saying in French or Spanish. Some lucky people have caught the language-learning bug, whether it be through traveling, Duolingo, …
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Creative Wordsmiths Who Birthed Brand New Sentences Into the World
Language is one of the greatest gifts we have as human beings. We can do many wonderful things with our writing and speech, from creating brilliant classic literature to finding ever more creative ways to swear. The English language alone contains over a million words, so we can only imagine how many different sentences that …
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Silly Language Memes and Puns to Remind Us That Words Are Ridiculous
There are many ways to be an artist. Some people paint, others sing, a small minority do cross stitch with swear words on it to sell on Etsy. However, one of the most fun and accessible ways to practice art is by using our words. There are billions of different ways to make jokes with …
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Persnickety Grammar Memes for Haters of Misplaced Apostrophes
The English language is a hell of a trip. All those thousands of years of creating words and stealing from other tongues have made it something that most of us need to study from kindergarten just to understand how to use it. Even the most devoted grammarians make the occasional mistake with English, because there …
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The Funniest Programming Memes of the Week (September 18th, 2022)
So many people think that if you’re a programmer, you must have a purely analytical brain with no room for creativity. That is patently untrue because everyone who has programmed anything knows that there’s one arena in the code that allows you to stretch your creative muscles fully. I’m talking, of course, about the comments. …
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