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186 points nalinidash | 1 comments | 16 May 25 04:09 UTC | HN request time: 0.207s | 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.

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.

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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1. 7373737373 ◴[16 May 25 07:59 UTC] No.44002855[source]▶

The Awful German Language (1880)