Daniel · 9 answers · 4y

What do you like about the english language?

You know, it's kinda like JavaScript. Everyone knows it to some extent, but it seems almost no one actually likes it.

I like how it's a fantastic disaster and has so many words for things that are basically the same. I find there are few joys in writing like finding the right word for a sentence, just hunting down a peculiar word with a particular meaning that'll fit so seamlessly in a structure so the words flow without any bumps or leaks. Like how a shout is typically about volume while a yell carries an angry edge and a holler carries a mocking one. A scream has shrillness, a roar has ferocity, and a screech has outrage. Words are great tbh.

I guess its influence and prevalence... Our British friends really spread that seed far and wide, they even have British accents on 24th century space colonies

It's hard to be objective about the English language since it's the only language I know, but I'm glad it's my language because I don't like the sound much of almost every other language. I've read a lot of accounts of what other-language speakers think about English, and they tend to say it flows very smoothly/naturally/whatever or even that it sounds musical, and I believe them.

I love that they added the word "stan" to the Merriam-Webster dictionary and that it pisses people off

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