Wednesday, January 10, 2018

That's just the way it is.

My youngest granddaughter and I had an interesting conversation as I drove her home from school today.  She has been studying the Korean language recently and claims it's really pretty easy to learn. She can write and read their symbols and translate most of what she reads.   
She also has some familiarity with French since her mother is a French teacher.  After talking about these languages she pointed out to me that English is a difficult language to learn because of its inconsistencies. I know she's right (or should that be write or rite?). Words like through, though, tough, rough and gruff can be confusing.  Then she asked me a couple of questions I couldn't answer. Why do we say feet smell and noses run?  Why do we look up something or type out a report while we write down our notes? I'm sure you can think of more English language mysteries. Feel free to share them with me.  In the meantime (why is time mean?) I am going to go brush my teeth, using my tooth (why not teeth?) brush, and go to bed.  Too many questions make my head spin.

No comments:

Post a Comment