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The Awful German Language (1880)

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187 points nalinidash | 2 comments | 16 May 25 04:09 UTC | HN request time: 0.547s | 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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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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1. brazzy ◴[16 May 25 06:19 UTC] No.44002320[source]▶
Ghoti.
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2. xiconfjs ◴[16 May 25 06:36 UTC] No.44002399[source]▶
Fish?