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The Awful German Language (1880)

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186 points nalinidash | 5 comments | 16 May 25 04:09 UTC | HN request time: 0.666s | source
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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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1. 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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2. 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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3. brazzy ◴[16 May 25 06:19 UTC] No.44002320[source]▶
Ghoti.
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4. xiconfjs ◴[16 May 25 06:36 UTC] No.44002399[source]▶
Fish?
5. 7373737373 ◴[16 May 25 07:59 UTC] No.44002855[source]▶
https://ncf.idallen.com/english.html