These are not vowels
We grow up being told at a, e, i, o and u are vowels. But that is not the whole story. These letters are used in multiple ways to make multiple vowels sounds. English has many vowels sounds such as the sound “ow” in cow, “ew” in new, “ei” in weight and so on. The […]
Let it go in 26 chinese dialects
The Chinese languages are very diverse! There are 11 main Chinese languages and even those languages have divisions amongst themselves. I love “Let It Go” because it has been translated into so many different languages. In this video you can hear 26 different Chinese languages and dialects.
What George Carlin Thought About The English Language
English has a lot of weird sayings, like “He drives me up the wall”. Has anyone ever actually driven up a wall? And why is that an appropriate response to frustration? How does it help the situation? And “it’s raining cats and dogs”. I have never seen cats and dogs fall from the sky, have […]
The history behind the Swedish pronoun “they”
All languages change, even languages you don’t speak or know about! I think we get used to the idea that our own language changes since we use it all the time and you can see the changes happening. But we are uncomfortable with another language changing. Kinda of like trying to hit a moving target. […]
How Dumb Is English Spelling?
This is a funny demonstration of how weird English spelling is. He has different letters on cards which he can flip forward or backward to spell different four letter words. English spelling is very inconsistent and is very hard to learn because there are so many rules.
What If A Person Only Says Swear Words?
Oh boy! Imagine asking someone to translate and they did this! You would be the laughing stock of the town! But boy is this hilarious! 😀 “Mangio, spelate, como dice!” *starts making weird sounds that are supposed to sound like Mandarin but fail miserably* “Umbo bongo wongo” 😀
