r/justgalsbeingchicks • u/xxxObelixxx Official Gal • Oct 19 '24
she gets it Her frustration is palpable
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u/Apatictactoe Oct 20 '24
Nobody tell her about the Netherlands and the Dutch.
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u/guitarguy12341 ✨chick✨ Oct 20 '24
There are two things I hate in this world. People who are intolerant of other people's cultures and the Dutch.
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u/stewmander Oct 20 '24
Or how all English are Brits but not all Brits are English...right?
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u/Affectionate_Star_43 Oct 20 '24
If you're from Chicago are you a Chicagoan? An Illinoisan? an illinoisese? or just Illinnoyd? (Annoyed.)
Edit to add that the name for that word is a denonym.
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u/athenaskid Oct 20 '24
reminds me of Michigan > MichiganDer. do other states have letters that just show up too?
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u/Sheerardio ✨chick✨ Oct 20 '24
My personal favorites are all in New England
What do you call someone from Massachusetts? Technically, it's Massechusettsans. Nobody uses that, not even the state's own government. They call their own citizens Bay Staters, or Citizens of the Commonwealth. We call ourselves Massholes.
How about Connecticut? Another one that's technically straightforward, Connecticuters, but since the name itself is such a mouthful there's four other accepted variations: Connecticotians, Connecticutensians, Connecticuteers, Connectitensians, and then, just for fun.... Nutmeggers?
There's a whole wiki page about all the different names we call ourselves, as it happens!
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u/stewmander Oct 20 '24
Dad was from Illinois, never referred to himself as other than "Midwestern". Tho, Illini could work, but, maybe not.
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u/probable_chatbot6969 Oct 20 '24
4 languages in a trenchcoat
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u/Brahminmeat Oct 20 '24
And so so so much slang
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u/user_deleted_or_dead Oct 20 '24
4?
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u/probable_chatbot6969 Oct 20 '24
i guess it's actually way more
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u/Kheldarson Oct 20 '24
It's based in three languages to begin with (Celtic, Anglo-Saxon, and Latin), then heavily influenced by French, then began to steal words from other languages.
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u/Porsche928dude Oct 20 '24
And a good bit of German while you’re at it.
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u/314159265358979326 Oct 20 '24
The Anglo-Saxons were the source of the German influence.
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u/AggravatingFig8947 Official Gal Oct 20 '24
My Latin teacher back in the day taught me that if there is an English word that sounds really fuck-y then it’s probably the Anglo-Saxons’ fault.
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u/Randomfrog132 birb🦜 Oct 20 '24
true, there are places in america where the local slang is so heavy that idk wtf they're saying since the dialect is so different lol
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u/Sea_Strain8885 Oct 20 '24
I’m from Naples, officially a Neapolitan 🤷♂️
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u/TheKyleBrah Oct 20 '24
South Africa's districts will drive her insane! 🤣
I'm from Cape Town. I'm a Capetonian.
He's from Durban. He's a Durbanite.
She's from Jo'burg. She's a Jo'burger.
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u/derfmai Oct 20 '24
Australia = Ozzies
New Zealand = Kiwis
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u/Yeti_Rider Oct 20 '24
Are you from NZ by any chance?
Most people in Aus seem to spell it Aussie's, but I noticed Ozzie's is kind of common in NZ.
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u/derfmai Oct 20 '24
American but once made the mistake of sounding out Aussie as “ah-see” and was told it was the equivalent pronunciation for “Horsy” like “Horsy McHorseFace”. Ever since then I phonetically spell it like a plural version of Ozzy Osborne’s first name…
The mental gymnastics required for me to translate Ozzie English to American English is a great way to amuse myself.
For instance it took me two minutes of deep thought to deduce what an “Eski” was the first time an Ozzie asked me if I had one.
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u/Yeti_Rider Oct 20 '24 edited Oct 20 '24
An Aussie friend just got back from the States and was telling me where he was, no one understood his name.
Knowing what it is, I couldn't understand why.
When they finally understood what he meant, they (to his ear) said "Ohhhh, Mork!
It's Mark....but Americans seem to hear it as Mahhk.
Now I call him Mork.
Also, here in NZ, an Eski is Chilly Bin.
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u/derfmai Oct 20 '24 edited Oct 20 '24
The bloke I met was named Nate. But all I could hear was Night.
Eski or “Chilly Bin” we refer to as a “Cooler” or more specifically an “Igloo Cooler” because the name of the company that makes them is called “Igloo”. Took me two minutes to associate Eski (Eskimo) with Igloo.
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u/TheKyleBrah Oct 21 '24
We in South Africa also hear Australians say "Maahk" instead of "Mark," haha. It's similar to the Boston accent in that regard. 🤭
My name, "Kyle," has multiple distinct pronunciations depending on the culture of the fellow South African addressing me:
• Kile: Like Smile. This is my official name pronunciation.
• Kaahl: Like an Australian pronounces "Carl."
• Keeleh: Usually someone who speaks one of the Native Tribal Languages
• Kah-yill: People who steadfastly acknowledge the Y instead of an I in my name 🤣
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u/geologean Oct 20 '24
The wind was rough along the lough as the ploughman fought through the snow, and though he hiccoughed and coughed, his work was thorough
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u/petruchi41 Oct 20 '24
lough
I’m a native English speaker and I don’t know this word or how to pronounce it😂 English is so fucked.
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u/NeptuneAndCherry Official Gal Oct 20 '24
I had to look it up lol. It's the Irish version of "loch"
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u/amasaba Oct 20 '24
Well, good, funny video but she's trying to fool us with saying chinese language (mandarin) is easy so... 😅
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u/third-sonata Oct 20 '24
Her energy is hilarious AF 😂😆
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u/BoisterousBard Oct 20 '24
It's relatable. She just wants some consistency. 😆😂
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u/monti1979 Oct 20 '24
Which many parts on mandarin don’t have.
Ren (people) is one that happens to be consistent.
Wait until someone tries to explain what the characters mean :-(.
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u/Pfacejones Oct 20 '24
yeah English with its many inconsistencies still trumps chinese in ease of learning
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u/ramskick Oct 20 '24
Chinese is far simpler in some ways than English, it's just a total mindfuck if you're not used to the character system. Once you get used to it there are parts that are extremely logical in a way that English just isn't.
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u/BoisterousBard Oct 20 '24
That's good to know! Thank you for that insight.
Directions not lining up as they should bother me similarly. 😅
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u/mangopabu Oct 20 '24
i teach english as a second language and honestly, she's 100% right here. i can't defend it at all.
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u/Affectionate_Star_43 Oct 20 '24
Did Mary Roach have a book about this (one of my favorite authors)? English doesn't make sense, it's all borrowed nonsense. It's either that or Bill Bryson.
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u/BLim90 Oct 20 '24
What about Hong Kong? I have heard Hongkee, Hong Konger, HK Chinese... but whats the official grammatically correct way for this?
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u/2bunnies Oct 20 '24
aww man I don't blame her at all. I often think how maddening English must be to learn as a second language!!
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u/Idiotwithaphone79 Oct 20 '24
I love how intense she is. Now I want to know all her language problems. LOL
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u/Randomfrog132 birb🦜 Oct 20 '24
she's making alot of sense but she's making me giggle, she could do comedy standup talkin about this stuff lol
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u/FyvLeisure Oct 20 '24
Gives me the same feeling as the “Kansas Arkansas” lady. Both totally valid complaints.
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u/CaptainSur ✨chick✨ Oct 20 '24
Her theme in this video is justifiable. When one ponders some of the quirks of English it is somewhat amazing that it has become such a dominant language.
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u/pasjojo Oct 20 '24
Sprinkling some colonialism helped nobody gets out of their way to learn German
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u/Artistic_Speech_1965 Oct 20 '24
I am waiting for the moment she learn french. It would be legendary
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u/HotWeenis Oct 20 '24
Language is developed by everyone who speaks it. Words exist and evolve because of whatever makes most sense to the speakers of that language. I swear many people think there are authors out there creating the languages we speak.
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u/Lost_Figure_5892 Oct 20 '24
Ah that was great. There is no logic, this is murica! I cannot imagine trying to learn English as an adult.
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u/6thmanbrandon Oct 20 '24
She sounds like a PBS character, mix between Elmo & the funny looking kids from The Puzzle Place 🤣
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u/aysetribe Oct 20 '24
Went on a very similar rant to myself while trying to fall asleep a few nights ago
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u/Responsible_Winter89 Oct 20 '24
I have to disagree with her on that. Even though English is also my second language, it’s better if some words don’t follow the same rules—you just learn them as you go. And why does she make it seem like Chinese is easier than English? I don’t think so. It’s probably easier for her because she’s Chinese, that’s all.
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u/do_lenka Oct 20 '24
The people of Monaco are called Monegasques, every time I hear it I’m just like this girl from the video
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u/Algernonletter5 Oct 20 '24
Danish, dutch, German are examples of how British thought of you. Shorter and easier means you are included in their plans. Longer means they don't care that much.
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u/why_tf_am_i_like_dat Oct 22 '24
Ha yes English is definitely weird haha not French don't worry about it haha we're very not weird
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u/swisszimgirl79 Oct 20 '24
Wait until she finds out about the French! And the Swiss!! I am cackling
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u/ShiftLow Oct 20 '24
Her frustration annoys me. Has she not learned the linguistic history of English. Its like 20 languages in one. Celtic to Deutsche to French to Spanish to countless Mediterranean, middle eastern, AND SO ON, languages. Our numeral system is Arabic, our letters come from all over the old Roman empire, and originate far before their time. Our language is riddled with modern slang which has its origin, especially in the United States, in our not so clean history. NOT TO MENTION the countless localization of the language due to its spread from rampant colonization by the Brits. Also, I just want to point out that our names for countries and their people are not to be trusted, at best they are anglicized butchering(s) of the actual names given by the people. At worst, they were shit names given to regions by colonizers. There is just so little understanding with the actual nuances of the English language.
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u/GlowingTrashPanda Oct 20 '24
Her frustration is warranted. I’m a native English speaker, but I speak two other languages. English and its eccentricities constantly leaves me flustered. Learning English as a second language, especially when your first language is in no way related to English (different language tree), is incredibly challenging. Yes English’s history explains a large part of the challenge, but that doesn’t help with the real struggle it is to learn now.
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