English is rather good in that it has a (mostly) simple grammar; where is is rubbish is in its written form, i.e. its spelling. English spelling is the most irregular and difficult to learn of all the alphabetical systems. Highly intelligent and educated people often make spelling howlers because it is not rule orderly. We also have high illiteracy rates because of this irregularity. All this has an effect on our economy and on our children's life chances. It is time to repair to our system.
Haha, Europe went through hundred years of shit-hole backstabbing and war due to their incompetence. Naturally, the instruments of war is improved through the process. And with the borrowing of gun powder from China, their technologies of war became much more advanced than the rest of the world. England, being an island, don't have to worry about building an Army. So they spent pretty spent everything on the Navy. Having guns and large ships, they forced other people to speak English. No glory.
English will be the language of the Level 1 civilization (see theoretical physicist Michio Kaku.) This is because capitalism has defeated other economic systems and english is mated with capitalism.
"You have an H2O molecule here, another here, another here... But “water” doesn't exist, just these molecules."
Aren't molecules constructs too? They're just an abstract, general representation of something sensed externally, like water. So does that mean molecules don't exist too?
im learning both spanish and japanese right now, so far english is still my favorite language. but i cant really offer much of an opinion other than spanish just sounds like shitty english and japanese is just all over the place i mean you have 3 different alphabets one of which has 15000+ characters (and growing i believe) and 4 different ways just to say "me"
who ever put english isnt the best, it is just popular because of american media, is either not american or does not like america.... but even if that was the case.. YOUR TYPING IN ENGLISH, media size up that, buddy.
There are count and non count nouns. Why is this? that depends if the word you are talking about can be measured or not. So can you measure water? yes. so it is a non count noun. so you cannot say I drink a water a day. you have to say they measure you drink from it. no matter how you measure it. you can say some, a lot or little water, even a glass or bottle of water. the same happens to the word bread. you can say: i eat a slice of bread every day. is this correct? my first language is Spanish
I ordered some japanese food yesterday and almost forgot my sauce. I asked for "one soy sauce" meaning packet as that is the way they supply it. English is abbreviated to shit. Get over it. I almost punched a woman who constantly asked me to elaborate unnecessarily.
its the quickest growing languige on earth so why is it i have to FUCKING PRESS ONE TO TALK TO SOME ONE ON THE FUCKING PHONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The best? What? (I may be retarded if i can't tell if that's a joke or not). But anyway.. the BEST language? You must be joking.. English is not hard at all: very simple, not so complicated and very easy to use. It's probably the most commonly spoken language in the world, so it wouldn't be half known as it is now if it wasn't for that.
You probably don't know any other language for saying that. You are smarter than that, Jeff...
(Again, i may be retarded if i can't tell if that's a joke or not)
@chaos5copiesmartguy The purpose of language is to convey concepts and ideas to others in a public setting. If English is not very difficult to learn and relatively easy to use as you say then it is more effective and therefore better - the mere fact that it is the most commonly spoken language in the world supports the notion that it is the most effective language before even talking about the brilliance of its syntax, its vast dictionary and sexy semantic content.
I think it's more because of the British popularity being the largest one in America back in the days, which is where it started being famous and all...
And the fact that you're english and defend your (probably) only language you know, is also kinda funny. Don't get me wrong tho, english is fun. I just hate it when Americans(especially) are being arrogant about it cause they never really had to learn any language other than english. Like Jeff
@Tarvoc slice doesnt appear in the form of a noun, no. but it does however exist in the form of a verb. "u fucker im gunna slice your tongue off". now if bread were used in that context, "u fucker im guna slice of bread your tongue off". and that doesnt make any sense. so, "slice" does exist, in the form of a verb
@eyeoftheterrible Do you like just making stuff up? The word "slice" is both a verb and a noun depending on the usage. Think of it this way. If the word can be modified with an article or numeral, it's a noun. A slice exists. The slice exists. One slice exists
@azrienoch Just because a particular noun can't take an indefinite article doesn't mean that it doesn't exist. It just means that it requires a quantity & a unit or the omission thereof to carry any grammatical utility.
'Bread' and 'water' are non-count nouns (in grammatical terminology). Until I read the comments for this vid, I had no idea that non-count nouns were the secret weapon of Anglo imperialism. I genuinely thought it was money, divide-and-conquer, money, speak softly and carry a big stick, and then more money. The things you learn on youtube...
@devlikin88 It's nor popular because of the american media. The British empire was the biggest. what has ever exist....North America, India, Australian, Parts of Africa, they sprayed this language all over the world.^^
@kjjerm I would define popular as being different from wide spread. China will become the biggest english speaking country by 2011. When did the british empire take over China? Please stop making my life miserable from having to teach history lessons on the internet and do some reasearch before hitting to the "Post" button.
@devlikin88 Wow. Just, wow. I'm sorry I offended you by offering a different perspective. I really am. And truly, I bow to your historical prowess. Your shimmering insight into the Nineteenth Century imperial ambitions of the British Empire has completely and utterly shamed my comparatively makeshift post. You must have a plethora of historical degrees under your belt. I am wholly shamed by your brilliance. Truly!
@devlikin88 BUZZ!!! Wrong! Thank you for playing. English is so widespread because of the expansion of the British Empire. American media didn't bring English to India, China, Australia or America genius. English was widespread before there ever even was an America.
@devlikin88 it's popular because of the british colonial policy and it's pretty easy to learn. not in it's entiriety of course, but for the basic needs. btw i think omgitscriss is damn good in english
@devlikin88 Bullshit! It's NOT "popular because of the American media"; few countries on Earth take the US seriously, which is to say, we don't get much respect in the international community. The initial reason for its popularity probably comes down to the fact that European countries were very imperialist, and to this day still are, and one of the most powerful of these formerly imperialist nations was the UK. They forced the subjects of their empire to speak english; thus it spread.
@artistwithouttalent They had the largest empire of any country, so their language spread more. As it became more common, more people learned it to become more competitive, so more people learned it because there were more people, and so on and so forth.
(On a side note, this would help to explain the spread of French and Spanish as well.
@artistwithouttalent They had the largest empire of any country, so their language spread more. As it became more common, more people learned it to become more competitive, so more people learned it because there were more people, and so on and so forth.
(On a side note, this would help to explain the spread of French and Spanish as well.
English is favoured for it's ease of understanding. I have heard some butchered English in my time, and it is very hard, if not nigh impossible to _not_ make yourself understandable in English. What English is however not favoured for is being the only language in the world spoken by more than 20 people to consistently use the voiceless dental fricative in common pronunciation. THere, THis THouroughly stated THe auTHentic argument THought up in my head.
Yikes! A bit of a problem for God, this. "I am the bread of life.." He just disappeared in a puff of logic :o) Strange how some of your respondents seem almost offended - maybe this is why: without linguistic certainty, we lose certainty about ontology. would that a few fundamentalists had their language questioned in this way.
I'm completely opposed to linguistic imperialism. English has been and will be the death of many a tongue. I feel indignant just imagining it, and I cringe when I see English words, expressions and constructions in other languages. The Icelanders have the right idea, if you ask me.
Why then, in a restaurant when the waitress takes the order for drinks, can you say "I'll just have a water" without being corrected? Because the waitress is stupid? Or English is stupid and doesn't follow it's own rules? See? *A* water, just as you may order *A* beer or *A* coke.
@unkuehl You might be joking and I'm going to ruin the joke, but "one water" or "one beer" is short for "one glass of water" or "one can of beer." And they're both drinkable liquid substances that we commonly order, so it's not a surprise that it was shortened. You could have a packet of soy sauce, but you couldn't really say, "I have one soy sauce." What is "one bread" short for?
@TheZeaf your comment is pretty abusive... And perhaps, on a family table, you might ask for a "loaf of bread"? Maybe during tea time, you might have a "loaf of bread" to share, as tea time is usually with more then one person. And, one "slice of bread" has to come from a "loaf of bread"; you do not bake a "slice of bread"
@Uglamre ok dear calm down! i was just joshing. but noone ORDERS a loaf of bread. just beacuse people have them. someone might say and at the table "pass me the bread" or "some bread" but not pass my a loaf of bread noone eats that much bread at once! xx
@Uglamre Hardly. I'm done with you. I don't like you, you smell. Your clothes don't match and you're kinda stupid. Your argument is wrong aswell. I'm done with you. X
@azrienoch ACTUALLY now i think about it... have yo shot yourself in the foot? Hmmm, because 1 slice of bread would make sense but does the lack there of container make a difference? maybe or maybe im missing the point completely! x
@azrienoch im on our side... but could it be short for "one slice of bread", i mean of course, to a girl who speaks Romanian as her first language. I would never say one bread, but if we are speaking in context of the situation, she could have been shortening it simply because she did not know that we dont commonly shorten such absurd comments.
@azrienoch It's short for one piece or maybe one loaf of bread. Maybe a whole truckload of bread, depending on how hungry you might be. People just shorten shit for convenience. Just like the water thing.
@unkuehl She didn't correct you because she doesn't judge you for your flaws or who you are, she sounds like a nice person:P Is she pretty? Would you have sex with her? Would you marry her? or Would you convict her to a life of medicrity because she is a waitress? But at least she accepts that A water is an undenominated amount of water in a glass usually filled up to A centimeter from the rim to prevent spillage so you can enjoy a beverage. Dunno lol this is all conjecture, xD
The term your looking for is "count noun," which means that the noun can be quantified with a numerical value. These are different for every language.
dude you are some hilarious, i had to pause your non-existant clip in order to cool down, also am i the only one that noticed that, no matter how attractive ZOMGitsCriss is, in a sexy pose she's even more attractive?
also, a loaf is not a bread
would butter therefor be the name given to the substance ratio of certain fats, water, and their magiscience bonds a
english has weird grammatical rules that apply most of the time, except for a few times and pronunciations where the letter doesn't phonetically perform consistently .. it isn't stupid still...
water is a substance that does not exist but only the molecules do??
@sexysheep you take your basic germanic dialect, make most of the actual words either Latin or Greek, mix in a big French influenc from the Norman invasion, throw in the Scandinavian influence from the various viking invasions, throw in the propensity to not only adopt words from other languages but track them down and mug them in dark allies and you wonder why English is so messed up?
we use english so that majority of people on youtube, the global video network, such as yourself could understand what we are saying and could reply to the argued points that we discuss.
what would be the point of an open argument in a language which is not globally understood?
and we aren't denying that English is the biggest language, we are making points of how it's destroying other cultures and how it lacks expression. That would be all.
@masterleon55 Just to throw in my two cents, I'm with you on how it's destroying other cultures (or at least, other languages--I don't think the two are completely intertwined), but it doesn't lack expression. Sure, we may not have a single word for something the way another language does, but we probably have two words that do the same job. The reverse is also true.
@azrienoch oh yes my friend, i'm sorry i think i've layed out what I wanted to say in a wrong manner. I meant to say english lacks expression when is used to express another culture. And because in England and America we have such a big cultural mix, when english is globalised and used as one to express all of their cultural points of view, they can be easily misunderstood and taken completely different to what they were originally meant to represent.
@masterleon55 Just a couple of questions: 1. How is the language itself destroying other cultures? Now you might make a cogent argument that American culture is being pre-packaged and sold around the world and this is starting to drown out other cultures, but the simple solution to that would be to stop watching American movies, stop following american tv shows and listen to your own. 2.I think Shakespeare proved long ago the english is VERY expressive.
I have written English as though it were Chinese. Please look below at how the Chinese language works. Patterns without exceptions instead of word/exception memorisation.
Chinese;
July = 7month, Tuesday = day2
Fifteen = Tenfive, Twenty = Twoten
One hundred and two = hundredtwo
you, you (group), your, your (group`s) = you, yous, you`s, yous`s
lol, true the written section is difficult, I`m studying it for Japanese. However English has 1400 different ways to spell about 50 different sounds (ballpark figures). And each word is composed of many sounds. It`s more than 26 letters.
Also characters are simple shapes or combinations of other characters. The shape/logic/stories behind the characters make most meanings easy to memorise.
Chinese is still one of the hardest though lol. it takes about 2300 hours to learn decently; around 4 times as much for most languages.
And for all of the people who are freaking out saying that english is impractical and what not, we don't think the language is hard because it is what we grew up learning. Take for instance a chinese or vietnamese person, the language isn't hard to them because its what they grew up with, but to others its a very hard language.
Sure, but most of that time would be spent on the writing, stroke order and such.
After you`ve spent a few hours on tones the spoken language is very easy to pick up, and not so full of contradictions.
Children are very good at learning languages, so yes any language is easy for a native speaker. I was arguing against the video`s specific point that English is the best/most practical language and that`s why everyone`s speaking it.
@RaymondCorrigan Everyone isn't speaking english because it's the "best" languag, whatever the means, everyone speaks english as a result of first the British then the American domination of world culture.
Also your 2300 hours being 4 times the length of most languages (actually only twice the length of `medium difficulty` languages) is a figure from the US state department.... Which is based on speakers of English.
So of course a language like Chinese is going to do worse than a language which shares words/writing with English.
But damn... apparently I could have learnt 2 `easy` European languages fully in the time it took me to be reasonable at Japanese!
Bread is uncountable. Animal is a category, but I can eat 1 animal everyday. (countable) Fruits/furniture are too (c or uc) `I eat animalS every day` `I eat bread every day` `I eat appleS every day` `I eat apple every day` `I eat 1 apple every day` `Animals ARE good` `Bread IS good` `Apples ARE good` `Apple IS good` uncountables lead to silly words/grammar points to memorise.
It's a little more impractical than some might think. It's ancient origins and constant evolution have thrown a lot of strangeness into the language like silent letters, and spelling weirdness because of inconsistent rules. It's one of the most difficult languages because it doesn't always seem to make sense for those learning it.
maybe it wasnt clear, but I was sarcastic. People dont choose english because its practical(or not), english as a world language is a result of colonialism and conquest, and of course in later days, influence from american culture etc
English really have strange use of spelling tho, especially compared to languages as french. But as a swede, I dont really have much to come with my self.
It really frustrates me, now that I have learnt to speak English, which took me 5-6 months to learn, how english people deny other cultures and how ignorant the community is.
English hate what they can't understand instead of accepting it and trying to learn it. They hate anything that's better than them, hence you saying "english is the best" acting all protective and stubborn.
NO. English is not the best. Yes, it's big, but so is christianity. That doesn't mean you have to believe it.
yeah i agree with you about it being a major impediment when thinking. I have attempted that before, never worked out.
All this is due to a lack of self-expression in the language itself.
and the language I always think in when speaking, writing and communicating to others is Lithuanian:) but i guess that's because it's my native language.
The starving children in africa who are barely able to walk due to the extreme conditions and starvation really don't give a damn about learning english to get a loaf of bread. They are desperate for food, do you really think that in that position, english has to do anything with it? It's just a language, much like many others, and only because England was colonising countries and forcing their language on don't mean it's the best. It's like Christianity -- Bullshit.
English is destroying all the other cultures in the world. To be able to fully understand the concept of a culture of a specific region, you have to speak their language, to understand their expressions and feelings. English are just a bunch of lazy cunts that are not smart enough to learn another language that's why they want to invade the world with their so called "best language". I can speak 6 languages so far. Difference in expression between them is big.
HAHA nice! I assume that you WANT english to be a world language. And that's good, because we may now build babels tower again(speaking in images), we don't need to bother about language, but we may rather understand the world and build it to a better place. ^^
that girl is hot , english is pointless in my opinion , only to express things and emotions . most of the time are dishonest . names are equally labeling and cheese . unless you find something worth while , life is cheese . when you do , you lose it . that's because life sucks ass , a perpetual lesson learned throughout time . then there are some who disagree , well screw you lucky bastards.
i hate english too , its just so damn illogical and has WAY too many nuances. heh i really wish latin were still around, but i suppose i'll just stick with the next best which is spanish of course
no fuck this language, it sucks. using it properly requires WAY too much education and its completely illogical. the latin roots of the spanish language make it the most logical and easiest language to use. easy conjugations and everthing
no there, their, they're
no to, too
no but, butt
no more sucky multiples of similar sounding words with different meanings
Very enjoyable thank you
thejameskan 5 days ago
good work here
rodswebdesign 5 days ago
English is rather good in that it has a (mostly) simple grammar; where is is rubbish is in its written form, i.e. its spelling. English spelling is the most irregular and difficult to learn of all the alphabetical systems. Highly intelligent and educated people often make spelling howlers because it is not rule orderly. We also have high illiteracy rates because of this irregularity. All this has an effect on our economy and on our children's life chances. It is time to repair to our system.
aardvarkcustard 2 weeks ago
Haha, Europe went through hundred years of shit-hole backstabbing and war due to their incompetence. Naturally, the instruments of war is improved through the process. And with the borrowing of gun powder from China, their technologies of war became much more advanced than the rest of the world. England, being an island, don't have to worry about building an Army. So they spent pretty spent everything on the Navy. Having guns and large ships, they forced other people to speak English. No glory.
Demonlock54 3 weeks ago
ur piercing is annoying <<<< woow really good english
dennyfuul 1 month ago
English will be the language of the Level 1 civilization (see theoretical physicist Michio Kaku.) This is because capitalism has defeated other economic systems and english is mated with capitalism.
JayGatsbyOdysseus 2 months ago
You really need to take a linguistics class.
pointlesscommentary 3 months ago
Man, you are so uneducated it's not even funny.
Substances don't exist? Lol, how retarded is this?
What you wanted to say is that bread is an uncountable noun in English.
amjan 4 months ago
substances don't exist?
bread is a c a t e g o r y, LIKE WATER?
I get the point, yes, but you totally have issues with expressing yourself which is contrary to the point of this video being "English is the best".
alergictocorn 5 months ago
*gigglegigglegiggle..aaawwww!*
FlamingParanoiaSpoon 5 months ago
@senortank
No it wouldn't u just say
I had some water at lunch
ComedyCentral8D 5 months ago
Aah you've made that clear, can I have 'a beer' now? :p
boertush 7 months ago
English is stupid because you could say I drank one water at lunch and it would be correct if you were referring to a water bottle.
senortank 8 months ago
god this guy is a junkie
ticklemestudios 9 months ago
@ticklemestudios
No, this guy is intelligent.
XHaemoXTwinsX 8 months ago 2
a cow argues about English.
Rikutubes 9 months ago
"You have an H2O molecule here, another here, another here... But “water” doesn't exist, just these molecules."
Aren't molecules constructs too? They're just an abstract, general representation of something sensed externally, like water. So does that mean molecules don't exist too?
CartCollector 9 months ago
im learning both spanish and japanese right now, so far english is still my favorite language. but i cant really offer much of an opinion other than spanish just sounds like shitty english and japanese is just all over the place i mean you have 3 different alphabets one of which has 15000+ characters (and growing i believe) and 4 different ways just to say "me"
shoopdanerd 9 months ago
who ever put english isnt the best, it is just popular because of american media, is either not american or does not like america.... but even if that was the case.. YOUR TYPING IN ENGLISH, media size up that, buddy.
rareboy13 9 months ago
yep, i subscribe on just viewing one blah... 10 4 on all that blah too....neeext please
kimbostube 11 months ago
You can eat one loaf of bread per day, if you really want to.
daredevillive 11 months ago
There are count and non count nouns. Why is this? that depends if the word you are talking about can be measured or not. So can you measure water? yes. so it is a non count noun. so you cannot say I drink a water a day. you have to say they measure you drink from it. no matter how you measure it. you can say some, a lot or little water, even a glass or bottle of water. the same happens to the word bread. you can say: i eat a slice of bread every day. is this correct? my first language is Spanish
athluisa 1 year ago
hahahahahhahaha criss
rick92rr 1 year ago
toast exists - i'm eating it now - mind you thinking that i'm eating a category feels like less calories to me
78rikkers 1 year ago
@SoulShade08 good thanx
what about the word vs sin ?
for example i made bad thing its called sin right ?
what the word say when we do good thing ?
pulman7 1 year ago
@SoulShade08 your know more !
but Partner can even be guy and girl just dancing ?
but i think English is good couz its easy
pulman7 1 year ago
this is the most retarded debate
MRxPANELxNAZI 1 year ago
Time is an abstract concept.
Tea-time with Miss teapot doubly so.
MrTerryKay 1 year ago
I think I might love you just a little.
DeLightToDeLirium 1 year ago
I ordered some japanese food yesterday and almost forgot my sauce. I asked for "one soy sauce" meaning packet as that is the way they supply it. English is abbreviated to shit. Get over it. I almost punched a woman who constantly asked me to elaborate unnecessarily.
baalisgod666 1 year ago
its the quickest growing languige on earth so why is it i have to FUCKING PRESS ONE TO TALK TO SOME ONE ON THE FUCKING PHONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
amaricanbadass 1 year ago
The best? What? (I may be retarded if i can't tell if that's a joke or not). But anyway.. the BEST language? You must be joking.. English is not hard at all: very simple, not so complicated and very easy to use. It's probably the most commonly spoken language in the world, so it wouldn't be half known as it is now if it wasn't for that.
You probably don't know any other language for saying that. You are smarter than that, Jeff...
(Again, i may be retarded if i can't tell if that's a joke or not)
chaos5copiesmartguy 1 year ago
@chaos5copiesmartguy The purpose of language is to convey concepts and ideas to others in a public setting. If English is not very difficult to learn and relatively easy to use as you say then it is more effective and therefore better - the mere fact that it is the most commonly spoken language in the world supports the notion that it is the most effective language before even talking about the brilliance of its syntax, its vast dictionary and sexy semantic content.
Douchepiece 1 year ago
@Douchepiece
I think it's more because of the British popularity being the largest one in America back in the days, which is where it started being famous and all...
And the fact that you're english and defend your (probably) only language you know, is also kinda funny. Don't get me wrong tho, english is fun. I just hate it when Americans(especially) are being arrogant about it cause they never really had to learn any language other than english. Like Jeff
chaos5copiesmartguy 1 year ago
Wtf, are you a bull
AForsakenHero 1 year ago
you shouldn't joke with dead kids. that's bad.
kaboom195 1 year ago
I would like to tip HER over and pour it out.
DarkKnightBob1o1 1 year ago
You should do more ferrett to mouth stuffing
bustedprius 1 year ago
Not only does "bread" not exist, but "slice" also doesn't. For some strange reasons, however, a slice of bread does exist... =)
Tarvoc 1 year ago
@Tarvoc slice doesnt appear in the form of a noun, no. but it does however exist in the form of a verb. "u fucker im gunna slice your tongue off". now if bread were used in that context, "u fucker im guna slice of bread your tongue off". and that doesnt make any sense. so, "slice" does exist, in the form of a verb
eyeoftheterrible 1 year ago
@eyeoftheterrible Do you like just making stuff up? The word "slice" is both a verb and a noun depending on the usage. Think of it this way. If the word can be modified with an article or numeral, it's a noun. A slice exists. The slice exists. One slice exists
@azrienoch Just because a particular noun can't take an indefinite article doesn't mean that it doesn't exist. It just means that it requires a quantity & a unit or the omission thereof to carry any grammatical utility.
Bread exists.
eyeammi 1 year ago
@eyeammi ha ha
nactan 1 year ago
Hahaha, I enjoyed this very much. It made me chuckle. Oh, bread. How silly.
yousuckatlyfe 1 year ago
why get a nose ring like realy
FIGHTFANNERD3 1 year ago
i don't think the ferret wants to be eaten... lol! Otherwise great video like always!
supergirlanna 1 year ago
"nice marmot"-jeff lebowski
countpopethe3rd 1 year ago
This guy is really smart ^.^
Eriksuns89 1 year ago
'Bread' and 'water' are non-count nouns (in grammatical terminology). Until I read the comments for this vid, I had no idea that non-count nouns were the secret weapon of Anglo imperialism. I genuinely thought it was money, divide-and-conquer, money, speak softly and carry a big stick, and then more money. The things you learn on youtube...
demaavaerebelgiere 1 year ago
I miss tea time
czorbin 1 year ago
english is not the best. it's just popular because of the american media.
devlikin88 1 year ago 19
@devlikin88 it's just popular because the british empire made it so.
hippydude89 1 year ago 2
@devlikin88 It's nor popular because of the american media. The British empire was the biggest. what has ever exist....North America, India, Australian, Parts of Africa, they sprayed this language all over the world.^^
Goudun 1 year ago 2
@devlikin88 English is "popular" because England took over the world two centuries ago, not because of the American media.
kjjerm 1 year ago 2
@kjjerm I would define popular as being different from wide spread. China will become the biggest english speaking country by 2011. When did the british empire take over China? Please stop making my life miserable from having to teach history lessons on the internet and do some reasearch before hitting to the "Post" button.
devlikin88 1 year ago
@devlikin88 Wow. Just, wow. I'm sorry I offended you by offering a different perspective. I really am. And truly, I bow to your historical prowess. Your shimmering insight into the Nineteenth Century imperial ambitions of the British Empire has completely and utterly shamed my comparatively makeshift post. You must have a plethora of historical degrees under your belt. I am wholly shamed by your brilliance. Truly!
kjjerm 1 year ago
@kjjerm whatever dude, you won! i'm not gonna make a living out of wining youtube debates... i have a nice life, really!
devlikin88 1 year ago
@devlikin88 or because the sun never sets in the english empire
75egcg 1 year ago
@devlikin88 BUZZ!!! Wrong! Thank you for playing. English is so widespread because of the expansion of the British Empire. American media didn't bring English to India, China, Australia or America genius. English was widespread before there ever even was an America.
captwasabi 11 months ago 2
@devlikin88 Then whats the best?
ShiPshapeD00d 10 months ago
@devlikin88 actually it is, american isnt the only country that speaks english derp.
card969 10 months ago
@card969 course
devlikin88 10 months ago
@devlikin88 it's popular because of the british colonial policy and it's pretty easy to learn. not in it's entiriety of course, but for the basic needs. btw i think omgitscriss is damn good in english
casperado666 9 months ago
@devlikin88 Bullshit! It's NOT "popular because of the American media"; few countries on Earth take the US seriously, which is to say, we don't get much respect in the international community. The initial reason for its popularity probably comes down to the fact that European countries were very imperialist, and to this day still are, and one of the most powerful of these formerly imperialist nations was the UK. They forced the subjects of their empire to speak english; thus it spread.
artistwithouttalent 1 month ago
@artistwithouttalent They had the largest empire of any country, so their language spread more. As it became more common, more people learned it to become more competitive, so more people learned it because there were more people, and so on and so forth.
(On a side note, this would help to explain the spread of French and Spanish as well.
artistwithouttalent 1 month ago
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@artistwithouttalent They had the largest empire of any country, so their language spread more. As it became more common, more people learned it to become more competitive, so more people learned it because there were more people, and so on and so forth.
(On a side note, this would help to explain the spread of French and Spanish as well.
artistwithouttalent 1 month ago
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I WANT A FERRET!
Mikums2 1 year ago
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Mikums2 1 year ago
watchu you talken about willis?
lardo444 1 year ago
even my English not so good
but i always say the same
for Example in Arabic we can call Husband and wife
one word = zogan !
is there is any one word in English mean that ?
pulman7 1 year ago
What's that thing on his nose?! I see it a lot on the African camels' noses.
just2smile1990 1 year ago
OH AND IM LOOKIN AT THE TITLES OF U OTHER VIDS. IM SUBSCRIBING CUZ I FIND THEM INTERESTING. ...HMM ILL GO CHECK EM OUT
Cjorfi 1 year ago
HAHAHAHA UR FUNNY. LOVED IT. U REMIND ME OF DR.HOUSE
Cjorfi 1 year ago
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Nice marmot.
ThaddeusRobe 1 year ago
Nice Marmot.
ThaddeusRobe 1 year ago
yes tea time, greatest thing youve ever done. MOAR PLZ
AbusiveAntitheist 1 year ago
i didn't think it was possible for ZOMGitscriss to be hotter, until I saw this video. I would love to tip her over and hear her shout.
TheHomelessCripple 1 year ago 18
This vid makes me Wna rip tht nose ring right out ur face
GdogBighead 1 year ago
@GdogBighead this is scary..i had the same thoughts
Serpico261 1 year ago
English is favoured for it's ease of understanding. I have heard some butchered English in my time, and it is very hard, if not nigh impossible to _not_ make yourself understandable in English. What English is however not favoured for is being the only language in the world spoken by more than 20 people to consistently use the voiceless dental fricative in common pronunciation. THere, THis THouroughly stated THe auTHentic argument THought up in my head.
Magnetohydrodynamics 1 year ago
0_o
aftpuser 1 year ago
ghoti. just pronounce it rite. I'll give ewe a hint lauGH. wOmen, staTIon
It's a grate language weather hear in the US or in teh UK. Butt it can bee tricky
eahazell 1 year ago
Yikes! A bit of a problem for God, this. "I am the bread of life.." He just disappeared in a puff of logic :o) Strange how some of your respondents seem almost offended - maybe this is why: without linguistic certainty, we lose certainty about ontology. would that a few fundamentalists had their language questioned in this way.
GilesConradWatson 1 year ago
Azrienoch makes me feel stupid with that big sexy brain of his. :(
TheApatheticGuy 1 year ago
I'm completely opposed to linguistic imperialism. English has been and will be the death of many a tongue. I feel indignant just imagining it, and I cringe when I see English words, expressions and constructions in other languages. The Icelanders have the right idea, if you ask me.
Korpikotka 1 year ago
Fukken Gwate Vid...
tik
sixtiksix 1 year ago
it is just a video - it is obvious that we have countable and uncountable nouns.
From a logical point go count grains of sand. Or just use a more general quanitifier, The is some sand or a little etc.
Anyways I always say English is stupid, the spelling is the worst
johnbozi 1 year ago
Sort your life out.
Freak.
Posthuman7 1 year ago
pure genus
BanksTank810 1 year ago
wtf is this guy on?
ncPsychosis 1 year ago
Marry me?
oldkkkentuckyshark 1 year ago
HAHA lolz, someone's hungry :D
TheDeatharcana 1 year ago
This guy reminds me of dendrophilian. (It's a good thing.)
dildace 1 year ago
Truly a beautiful video. Clever, artful and fun.
Try adding some artful abstractions into the visual aspect of your work.
Very good job - keep it up!
SororThothma 1 year ago
unkuehl get a clue
when you order a water in a restaurant it is not the water but the glass that has you confused about english think about it.
TheDamohamo 1 year ago
Lmfao, wow. Hahahahha
hightimes87 1 year ago
BITCH
WeirdCandy98 1 year ago
Why then, in a restaurant when the waitress takes the order for drinks, can you say "I'll just have a water" without being corrected? Because the waitress is stupid? Or English is stupid and doesn't follow it's own rules? See? *A* water, just as you may order *A* beer or *A* coke.
unkuehl 1 year ago
@unkuehl You might be joking and I'm going to ruin the joke, but "one water" or "one beer" is short for "one glass of water" or "one can of beer." And they're both drinkable liquid substances that we commonly order, so it's not a surprise that it was shortened. You could have a packet of soy sauce, but you couldn't really say, "I have one soy sauce." What is "one bread" short for?
azrienoch 1 year ago 24
@azrienoch you`re completely right
uhhhm... speaking of what is 1 bread... that depands on what bread, on where you are and what you were speaking of before
harakiw 1 year ago
@azrienoch One loaf of bread?
rayogram2 1 year ago
@azrienoch perhaps "one bread" is short for "one loaf of bread"?
Uglamre 1 year ago
@Uglamre who the fuck asks for one loaf of bread?! you mean one slice of bread! LOL
TheZeaf 1 year ago
@TheZeaf your comment is pretty abusive... And perhaps, on a family table, you might ask for a "loaf of bread"? Maybe during tea time, you might have a "loaf of bread" to share, as tea time is usually with more then one person. And, one "slice of bread" has to come from a "loaf of bread"; you do not bake a "slice of bread"
Uglamre 1 year ago
@Uglamre ok dear calm down! i was just joshing. but noone ORDERS a loaf of bread. just beacuse people have them. someone might say and at the table "pass me the bread" or "some bread" but not pass my a loaf of bread noone eats that much bread at once! xx
TheZeaf 1 year ago
@TheZeaf Yes you do... At a restaurant, when you order "a bread", they bring a loaf to the table, leaving the patrons to divide it among themselves.
Uglamre 1 year ago
@azrienoch i love this vid but you have shot yourself in the foot here... one slice of bread dude!
TheZeaf 1 year ago
@TheZeaf Also, as a little note, you basically stole my comment and changed "a loaf of bread" to a "slice of bread"...
Uglamre 1 year ago
@Uglamre Hardly. I'm done with you. I don't like you, you smell. Your clothes don't match and you're kinda stupid. Your argument is wrong aswell. I'm done with you. X
TheZeaf 1 year ago
@TheZeaf Abusive and stupid...
Uglamre 1 year ago
@azrienoch ACTUALLY now i think about it... have yo shot yourself in the foot? Hmmm, because 1 slice of bread would make sense but does the lack there of container make a difference? maybe or maybe im missing the point completely! x
TheZeaf 1 year ago
@azrienoch FUCK the container of the substance matters not! what am i chatting?! you are discussing the language involved!
TheZeaf 1 year ago
@azrienoch Well, it could be:
A: "Would you like an order of bread, two orders of bread, or an order of snail pudding?"
B: "Uh ... I'll just go with one bread, please."
A: "One bread, coming right up."
PedanticTwit 1 year ago
@azrienoch Well, it could be:
A: "Would you like an order of bread, two orders of bread, or an order of snail pudding?"
B: "Uh ... I'll just go with one bread, please."
A: "One bread, coming right up."
PedanticTwit 1 year ago
@azrienoch it is short for "one slice of bread" ;) nice video though
HarryTimson 1 year ago
@azrienoch One loaf of bread.
Ilikelimpbizkit 1 year ago
@azrienoch im on our side... but could it be short for "one slice of bread", i mean of course, to a girl who speaks Romanian as her first language. I would never say one bread, but if we are speaking in context of the situation, she could have been shortening it simply because she did not know that we dont commonly shorten such absurd comments.
korbentaz 1 year ago
@azrienoch It's short for one piece or maybe one loaf of bread. Maybe a whole truckload of bread, depending on how hungry you might be. People just shorten shit for convenience. Just like the water thing.
Darksunshinerain87 1 year ago
@azrienoch "one slice of bread" - just had to say it
animalnt 1 year ago
MrInfadel 1 year ago
coolest guy on youtube
by far!
takuto8 1 year ago
English is stupid but so are you.
fuckXtheXsystem 1 year ago
That´s true. Words are just words, and words should not be taken seriously.
SteauaBucuresti 1 year ago
I FUCKING LOVE YOU
TheZeaf 1 year ago
The term your looking for is "count noun," which means that the noun can be quantified with a numerical value. These are different for every language.
terminaldeity 1 year ago
English is stupid. Everyone should speak Rihan doaege
Tiwaking 1 year ago
funny!
brownbigb 1 year ago
Heh, he DOES talk like Agent Smith.
larivermm 2 years ago
he speaks like that guy from the matrix oh yeah the agent. lol
thearcticwombats 2 years ago
moo
hobgoblinlkjfdsa 2 years ago
2:16 heyyy charlieeeee hehehe
dude you are some hilarious, i had to pause your non-existant clip in order to cool down, also am i the only one that noticed that, no matter how attractive ZOMGitsCriss is, in a sexy pose she's even more attractive?
also, a loaf is not a bread
would butter therefor be the name given to the substance ratio of certain fats, water, and their magiscience bonds a
neonblast 2 years ago 5
I, too, have an immense desire to put a ferret's head most of the way into my mouth while going "Ahhh, ahhh".
We are soul mates, you and I.
oogaboogan 2 years ago 2
waddup with the nosering?
VideoSoldaat 2 years ago
as much as I hate england if it wasnt for england there would be no america you fucking retards
Stevenbfg 2 years ago 2
english has weird grammatical rules that apply most of the time, except for a few times and pronunciations where the letter doesn't phonetically perform consistently .. it isn't stupid still...
water is a substance that does not exist but only the molecules do??
sexysheep 2 years ago
@sexysheep you take your basic germanic dialect, make most of the actual words either Latin or Greek, mix in a big French influenc from the Norman invasion, throw in the Scandinavian influence from the various viking invasions, throw in the propensity to not only adopt words from other languages but track them down and mug them in dark allies and you wonder why English is so messed up?
latedentarthurdent1 1 year ago
I've committed the hypocrisy of using the language whilst insulting it.
w0r1dpeace 2 years ago 3
And I still love how people are ragging on English, while they are typing in English.
-Facepalm-
bladethrower9000 2 years ago
@bladethrower9000
we use english so that majority of people on youtube, the global video network, such as yourself could understand what we are saying and could reply to the argued points that we discuss.
what would be the point of an open argument in a language which is not globally understood?
and we aren't denying that English is the biggest language, we are making points of how it's destroying other cultures and how it lacks expression. That would be all.
masterleon55 2 years ago
@masterleon55 Just to throw in my two cents, I'm with you on how it's destroying other cultures (or at least, other languages--I don't think the two are completely intertwined), but it doesn't lack expression. Sure, we may not have a single word for something the way another language does, but we probably have two words that do the same job. The reverse is also true.
azrienoch 2 years ago 2
@azrienoch thanks man it's nice that still there are people who understand.:) respect
masterleon55 2 years ago
Respect.
Antisyzygy 2 years ago
@azrienoch oh yes my friend, i'm sorry i think i've layed out what I wanted to say in a wrong manner. I meant to say english lacks expression when is used to express another culture. And because in England and America we have such a big cultural mix, when english is globalised and used as one to express all of their cultural points of view, they can be easily misunderstood and taken completely different to what they were originally meant to represent.
masterleon55 1 year ago
@masterleon55 Just a couple of questions: 1. How is the language itself destroying other cultures? Now you might make a cogent argument that American culture is being pre-packaged and sold around the world and this is starting to drown out other cultures, but the simple solution to that would be to stop watching American movies, stop following american tv shows and listen to your own. 2.I think Shakespeare proved long ago the english is VERY expressive.
latedentarthurdent1 1 year ago
I have written English as though it were Chinese. Please look below at how the Chinese language works. Patterns without exceptions instead of word/exception memorisation.
Chinese;
July = 7month, Tuesday = day2
Fifteen = Tenfive, Twenty = Twoten
One hundred and two = hundredtwo
you, you (group), your, your (group`s) = you, yous, you`s, yous`s
me, us, my, our = same pattern
him/her/bob etc... = same pattern
computer = electric brain
Chinese is simple and elegant, English blows.
RaymondCorrigan 2 years ago
Im a chinese minor and believe me i do like the language, but i would prefer 26 letters over thousands of characters
bladethrower9000 2 years ago
lol, true the written section is difficult, I`m studying it for Japanese. However English has 1400 different ways to spell about 50 different sounds (ballpark figures). And each word is composed of many sounds. It`s more than 26 letters.
Also characters are simple shapes or combinations of other characters. The shape/logic/stories behind the characters make most meanings easy to memorise.
e.g.
女 ＝woman, 子 = child
好 = like/fond (women like their kids)
木= tree, 林= grove, 森= forest
RaymondCorrigan 2 years ago
Chinese is still one of the hardest though lol. it takes about 2300 hours to learn decently; around 4 times as much for most languages.
And for all of the people who are freaking out saying that english is impractical and what not, we don't think the language is hard because it is what we grew up learning. Take for instance a chinese or vietnamese person, the language isn't hard to them because its what they grew up with, but to others its a very hard language.
Think before you criticize.
bladethrower9000 2 years ago
Sure, but most of that time would be spent on the writing, stroke order and such.
After you`ve spent a few hours on tones the spoken language is very easy to pick up, and not so full of contradictions.
Children are very good at learning languages, so yes any language is easy for a native speaker. I was arguing against the video`s specific point that English is the best/most practical language and that`s why everyone`s speaking it.
It simply isn`t. It is full of silly rules.
RaymondCorrigan 2 years ago 2
@RaymondCorrigan Everyone isn't speaking english because it's the "best" languag, whatever the means, everyone speaks english as a result of first the British then the American domination of world culture.
latedentarthurdent1 1 year ago
@latedentarthurdent1
Yes, I completely agree!
The dude in the video was saying it is the `best` I was arguing against it!
"I was arguing against the video`s specific point that English is the best/most practical language and that`s why everyone`s speaking it."
RaymondCorrigan 1 year ago
Also your 2300 hours being 4 times the length of most languages (actually only twice the length of `medium difficulty` languages) is a figure from the US state department.... Which is based on speakers of English.
So of course a language like Chinese is going to do worse than a language which shares words/writing with English.
But damn... apparently I could have learnt 2 `easy` European languages fully in the time it took me to be reasonable at Japanese!
RaymondCorrigan 2 years ago
@bladethrower9000 oh I admit that if you aren't a native speaker, english is the hardest languag to learn.
latedentarthurdent1 1 year ago
RaymondCorrigan 2 years ago
yep! english is big because its practical!
hope this video is satirical or something..
herrbananapa 2 years ago 3
It's a little more impractical than some might think. It's ancient origins and constant evolution have thrown a lot of strangeness into the language like silent letters, and spelling weirdness because of inconsistent rules. It's one of the most difficult languages because it doesn't always seem to make sense for those learning it.
gloomilyeuphoric 2 years ago
maybe it wasnt clear, but I was sarcastic. People dont choose english because its practical(or not), english as a world language is a result of colonialism and conquest, and of course in later days, influence from american culture etc
English really have strange use of spelling tho, especially compared to languages as french. But as a swede, I dont really have much to come with my self.
herrbananapa 2 years ago
get out of here.english is stupidest uhh...'most' stupid(lol) language on earth.
Indiaexpress 1 year ago
stupid emo
Raptor353 2 years ago
...And this is why I don't understand English grammar. The reasoning, that is. Mandarin and Taiwanese are way easier.
LoloTheCrazyFlower 2 years ago 2
It really frustrates me, now that I have learnt to speak English, which took me 5-6 months to learn, how english people deny other cultures and how ignorant the community is.
English hate what they can't understand instead of accepting it and trying to learn it. They hate anything that's better than them, hence you saying "english is the best" acting all protective and stubborn.
NO. English is not the best. Yes, it's big, but so is christianity. That doesn't mean you have to believe it.
masterleon55 2 years ago
ummm...do you know what sarcasm is?
deepwatertree 2 years ago
i wasn't only talking about the end bit and i wasn't only talking about this particular person. Generalising.
masterleon55 2 years ago
Yeah, I hear you man.
I used to assume that English was the best because that`s what only English speaking people say.
I can speak 2 and a bit languages now.
Thinking in English is a major, MAJOR impediment.
What`s your favourite language BTW? Like, what do you like to think in?
RaymondCorrigan 2 years ago
@RaymondCorrigan
yeah i agree with you about it being a major impediment when thinking. I have attempted that before, never worked out.
All this is due to a lack of self-expression in the language itself.
and the language I always think in when speaking, writing and communicating to others is Lithuanian:) but i guess that's because it's my native language.
masterleon55 2 years ago
@RaymondCorrigan my favorite languag is Klingon ;-)
latedentarthurdent1 1 year ago
@masterleon55 can we put a stop this, NO LANGUAG IS THE BEST! ok. speak what you want or need to get by and let other people do the same.
latedentarthurdent1 1 year ago
The starving children in africa who are barely able to walk due to the extreme conditions and starvation really don't give a damn about learning english to get a loaf of bread. They are desperate for food, do you really think that in that position, english has to do anything with it? It's just a language, much like many others, and only because England was colonising countries and forcing their language on don't mean it's the best. It's like Christianity -- Bullshit.
masterleon55 2 years ago
first of all what i have to say.
English is destroying all the other cultures in the world. To be able to fully understand the concept of a culture of a specific region, you have to speak their language, to understand their expressions and feelings. English are just a bunch of lazy cunts that are not smart enough to learn another language that's why they want to invade the world with their so called "best language". I can speak 6 languages so far. Difference in expression between them is big.
masterleon55 2 years ago
nice bull ring
waypastthat 2 years ago
HAHA nice! I assume that you WANT english to be a world language. And that's good, because we may now build babels tower again(speaking in images), we don't need to bother about language, but we may rather understand the world and build it to a better place. ^^
Andozer75 2 years ago
no zerienoch do eat the ferret no!!
Xicuzab 2 years ago
hahahahaaaa. man ur sick but COOL.
VampireBMW 2 years ago
that girl is hot , english is pointless in my opinion , only to express things and emotions . most of the time are dishonest . names are equally labeling and cheese . unless you find something worth while , life is cheese . when you do , you lose it . that's because life sucks ass , a perpetual lesson learned throughout time . then there are some who disagree , well screw you lucky bastards.
Mrwisdom215 2 years ago
i hate english too , its just so damn illogical and has WAY too many nuances. heh i really wish latin were still around, but i suppose i'll just stick with the next best which is spanish of course
theeyeisblind 2 years ago
Maybe if you'd fucking use it properly you wouldn't hate it so much.
SpazAHolic23 2 years ago
no fuck this language, it sucks. using it properly requires WAY too much education and its completely illogical. the latin roots of the spanish language make it the most logical and easiest language to use. easy conjugations and everthing
no there, their, they're
no to, too
no but, butt
no more sucky multiples of similar sounding words with different meanings
theeyeisblind 2 years ago