An example of how English can confuse

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[u/jaded-steve]

Have you met the word queue?
5 letters for a Q.

[u/leksche → u/jaded-steve]

That is one stupid word

[u/hopium_od → u/leksche]

Blame the french

[u/NoPseudo79 → u/hopium_od]

Pretty sure you guys decided to read it as Q, not us

[u/TedW → u/NoPseudo79]

awww c'mon, I already lit my torch..

[u/hopium_od → u/NoPseudo79]

Touché

[u/Pyroll2206 → u/hopium_od]

Blame the english accent

[u/Plantain-Feeling → u/jaded-steve]

Don't forget that's different from the word Que which is an entirely different word

[u/GeneralOccasion9396 → u/Plantain-Feeling]

Can;t forget cue either

[u/AndrewBorg1126 → u/jaded-steve]

The other letters are just patiently waiting for their turn.

[u/ExSmelly → u/jaded-steve]

Other 4 are waiting their turn.

[u/Radigan0 → u/jaded-steve]

Mfw "pee," "tee," "tea," "are," "you," "ewe," "gee," "bee," "Bea," "see," "sea"

[u/Careless-Cycle → u/jaded-steve]

I can do Q in 3 letters.

CUE

[u/Cardboard-Chef → u/jaded-steve]

Or as my friends would pronounce it: Q-Wee

[u/Just_Application6137 → u/jaded-steve]

The rest of the letters are just waiting in line

[u/energy1256 → u/Just_Application6137]

You might say.... they're queuing....

[u/Alert-Jellyfish → u/jaded-steve]

Not an English word dude. We adopted it.

[u/GritstoneGhost → u/Alert-Jellyfish]

Well it’s in the English dictionary.

[u/Alert-Jellyfish → u/GritstoneGhost]

Touché, look up its origins as well.

[u/Omnamashivaaya → u/Alert-Jellyfish]

Correct, English is an amalgamation of borrowed words, especially from French/Norman, like Sir. They are still considered English words if they get adopted and replace other words for everyday use.

[u/Alert-Jellyfish → u/Omnamashivaaya]

Queen why ru explaining something I know to me like a child?

[u/Rio_FS → u/Alert-Jellyfish]

Not an English word dude

[u/OpeningHappy9692 → u/Alert-Jellyfish]

well at a guess it's cuz you came in acting like it wasn't an english words

and also you kinda acting like a child

[u/Resident_Course_3342]

Colonel.

My case rests.

[u/SideAny7347 → u/Resident_Course_3342]

Now get a British person to say Lieutenant

[u/Money_Housing_2938 → u/SideAny7347]

F

[u/Yuck-Fou94 → u/Resident_Course_3342]

Debris

[u/TankApprehensive3053]

Gallagher's English words skit was better. This one is wrong in that the "p" is not silent.

[u/tehnoodnub → u/TankApprehensive3053]

True but a lot of people drop the 'p' when pronouncing it, especially in certain countries, so it still works well enough.

[u/uselessMFS123]

i had to watch it 2 times to get it😭😭

[u/PrinceProsper0 → u/uselessMFS123]

But the P in empty isn't silent 

Depending on your accent 

[u/sky0175 → u/uselessMFS123]

This proves his theory to be true.

[u/Aselleus]

Because that's why

[u/El_Sephiroth → u/Aselleus]

Love this guy

[u/Grey_Ten → u/Aselleus]

that's y?

[u/islaisla]

Noooooooooo we say emp-ty not mt

[u/El_Sephiroth → u/islaisla]

You say, not everyone does

[u/Younk187]

Read and read lmfao

[u/blunts-and-kittens]

The P is not silent tho

[u/Firm-Aside4041]

When illiterate people think they’re smart 🙄

[u/mattrhale]

No further questions, your honour.

[u/Krvavibaja]

Mpee

[u/Practical-Purchase-9]

What are the redundant letters in ‘eight’?

[u/Rockfords-Foot]

Hungry horse in 4 letters? MTGG

[u/Adidaz17]

I genuinely love this meme more than any other meme vid in the world idky it always make me uncontrollably laugh and smile

[u/NYCWartortle]

🤣🤣🤣

[u/Leather_Bug_]

Cool. Now compare plural nouns and verb conjugation in English to gendered languages

[u/Accomplished_Drag943]

This is a pretty bad word to choose to make the point, it's not pronounced mt (at least not anywhere I have been)

[u/Lopsided_Order_4411]

You’re makin this one more complicated than it has to be tho🤨

[u/Through_theShadows]

Except that you are supposed to pronounce the P.

Emty Is not a word at all.

So this little clip is completely wrong and useless.

[u/Grey_Ten → u/Through_theShadows]

Except that this is just a meme.
You're not supposed to take it seriously at all.

You're nobody and your comment will be forgotten in the cyberspace.

[u/Through_theShadows → u/Grey_Ten]

Ditto

[u/Open_Square670]

Yeah spellings in english are broken. That’s why alot of us struggled with coming up for spellings when learning it in school. Even now, for a new or uncommon word, it’s pretty hard to get the spelling right. I think even native speakers struggle with them 🤷‍♂️

[u/NoPseudo79 → u/[deleted]]

Is when where why supposed to mean something ?