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heymelville: allthewaydown: theparisreview: English Is Essentially __________. “English is essentially Norse as spoken by a gang of French thugs.”—Benct Philip Jonsson “English is essentially a language that uses vowels no other language would accept.”—Luís Henrique “English is what you get from Normans trying to pick up Saxon girls.”—Bryan Maloney “English is essentially a French menu stuttered by a fish-and-chips dealer.”—Kala Tunu “English is essentially the works of Joyce with the hard bits taken out.”—Jon Hanna “English is essentially all exceptions and no rules.”—Jonathan Bettencourt —A selection of “Essentialist Explanations.” Thanks to the Penguin Press for pointing out this gem. Relevant to my interests. Guys, guys, this is so good! its such a shame that so many of the ones on the site are so awful and vaguely racist too actually

heymelville:

allthewaydown:

theparisreview:

English Is Essentially __________.

“English is essentially Norse as spoken by a gang of French thugs.”—Benct Philip Jonsson

“English is essentially a language that uses vowels no other language would accept.”—Luís Henrique

“English is what you get from Normans trying to pick up Saxon girls.”—Bryan Maloney

“English is essentially a French menu stuttered by a fish-and-chips dealer.”—Kala Tunu

“English is essentially the works of Joyce with the hard bits taken out.”—Jon Hanna

“English is essentially all exceptions and no rules.”—Jonathan Bettencourt

—A selection of “Essentialist Explanations.” Thanks to the Penguin Press for pointing out this gem.

Relevant to my interests.

Guys, guys, this is so good!

its such a shame that so many of the ones on the site are so awful

and vaguely racist too actually

Reblogged 10 months ago from heymelville (Originally from theparisreview) 3,813 notes
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    Just so those of you who have trouble with English as your second language don’t feel bad. It drives us nuts, too.
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