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The Awful German Language (1880)

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187 points nalinidash | 8 comments | 16 May 25 04:09 UTC | HN request time: 0.571s | source | bottom
1. minmax2020 ◴[16 May 25 04:43 UTC] No.44001904[source]▶
I would love to read "The Awful English Language" written in an alternative universe where Twain is German.
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2. DocTomoe ◴[16 May 25 04:46 UTC] No.44001920[source]▶
I'd expect a lot of moaning about how something is written and how it is spelled to appear to come from two different planets.
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3. polotics ◴[16 May 25 06:04 UTC] No.44002249[source]▶
I think you're looking for the poem "the chaos" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chaos
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4. brazzy ◴[16 May 25 06:19 UTC] No.44002320[source]▶
Ghoti.
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5. xiconfjs ◴[16 May 25 06:36 UTC] No.44002399{3}[source]▶
Fish?
6. BlackFly ◴[16 May 25 06:48 UTC] No.44002466[source]▶
Is https://guidetogrammar.org/grammar/twain.htm not what you are looking for?
7. golem14 ◴[16 May 25 07:18 UTC] No.44002602[source]▶
slightly offtopic: I would be delighted if Tucholsky had written something hilarious along those lines. But he didn't as far as I know, he focused more on the German language himself.

https://www.eventpeople.de/aktuelles/eventmarket/ratschlaege...

8. 7373737373 ◴[16 May 25 07:59 UTC] No.44002855{3}[source]▶
https://ncf.idallen.com/english.html