112 times people found wrong but hilarious English texts and had to share them in this group (new pics)
Sure, you might lose something in translation, but what you get in return (humor) is often more than worth it. English is a very strange language when you really think about it well and for a long time. For example, the spelling rules are so inconsistent that it actually borders on cosmically ironic poetry. And learning a second language can be a nightmare for anyone wanting to learn it…or, let’s face it, even for native speakers.
However, some English messes are much worse and much more hilarious than others. r/english subreddit has been sharing the weirdest mistakes found around the world for over 14 years since 2008.
Check out the most hilarious English translations, typos, and errors below, Panda.Upvote the one that made you laugh the most. Check out when you’re done bored panda Previous article on the subreddit right thereOh, and keep in mind, no one makes fun of people who truly do their best. Learning a new language is difficult. But the silly mistake, well, really funny— and they deserve to have an audience.
The r/engrish subreddit has amassed over 736,000 members in the nearly fifteen years since the online community was first created.
Group moderators ask people to follow the rules, including not posting intentional English mistakes. All errors must be genuine. Furthermore, even small typos and silly spelling mistakes are not the focus of the subreddit. The mess has to be big, bold, and beautiful! Frankly, the more embarrassed and hilarious the better.
Everyone makes mistakes in English. It doesn’t matter if you are a foreigner or born in an English-speaking country. Your ability to write, edit, proofread, and translate depends more on your work ethic and learning ability than what you were born with.
Sure, a native speaker might get a head start. But we’ve all seen too many cases of people who can’t piece together the right sentences and can’t believe they have long-term advantages. It doesn’t make sense if you don’t try hard to nurture it.
Contribution to Aeon’s online magazinelinguistics professor and American John McWhirter, said that English speakers “know that their language is strange. So do those who struggle with learning a language other than their native language.”
“The oddity we all notice most immediately is the spelling. It’s a nightmare. In countries where English is not spoken, there is no such thing as a ‘spelling bee’ contest. For ordinary languages, spelling at least pretends to basically correspond to how people pronounce words. But English is not normal,” he points out.
“Spelling is, of course, a matter of writing, but language is basically speaking. All but a few hundred of the languages are seldom or never written, and yet, even in spoken form, English is strange,” writes McWhorter.
“It’s strange in that it’s easy to miss, because English-speaking people, especially in the US and UK, aren’t keen on learning other languages. It leaves us like proverbial fish that we don’t know, that our language feels “normal” until we understand what normal actually is. “
He continues: But really, it’s us who are weird. Nearly all European languages belong to her one language family, the Indo-European language family, of which only English does not so assign gender. “
“Stranger? Okay. There is only one language on earth that requires special endings in the present tense and in the third person singular only. It writes: I speak, you speak, he/ She talks, why only?Verbs in the present tense in ordinary languages have no endings or have a variety of endings (Spanish: hablo, hablas, habla), and deny or question something. Try naming another language that you have to insert into your sentences in order to be able to do it.Do you find that difficult?Unless you happen to be from Wales, Ireland, or the north of France, probably.
Earlier, Lisa McLendon of the University of Kansas explained to Bored Panda why English is such a “train wreck” when it comes to spelling.
“English spelling is very difficult because of the myriad of silent letters and the vastly different pronunciations of letters and letter combinations. And the blend of tenses/aspects of auxiliary verb combinations can make the English verb system tricky even for native speakers,” she said in a previous interview.
According to the professor, English is not audibly spelled for several reasons. In doing so, we need to consider when a particular word first entered the language, what its origin was, and when the word was “codified.”
“People have suggested a spelling overhaul before, but it tends to go nowhere. Perhaps it’s a very difficult project, and can we all agree on what the change will be? In addition to the spelling Many factors contribute to the “characteristics” of a language, but some spellings have an Old English sound to them.In my opinion, it would be a little sad to lose some of them.Panda.
Language experts told us that spell checking as a whole isn’t as good as many people think. Sure, it’s great at catching typos and spelling mistakes, but it still doesn’t live up to our expectations.
For homonyms/homonyms, the reason it’s more of a curse than a blessing is that it doesn’t flag words that are words, but aren’t the words you want. Pairs like form/from and Pairs that aren’t synonymous like bemuse/amuse,” she said.