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Wordsmiths Weigh In On Which Obscure Words They Wish Were Used More
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English is an ever-evolving language, with new words coming to be and old words falling out of fashion all the time.

Some older words are actually quite useful or fun, though, and could have a place in the modern language.

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Words can be confusing. And words strung together in a madness for syntax can be downright mind boggling. The English language can especially be daunting for those who are from another culture.

Redditor u/Comnena wanted those who still can't reckon some english by asking.... Redditors who speak English as a second language, what English saying did you find most amusing/bizarre when you learned it?

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School takes up a large portion of our lives. Most of us go to school from the age of 4 or 5 until we're 18; that's a lot of time spent in a classroom! Your recollection of most of that time spent learning has probably grown a bit fuzzy, if you're more than a couple of years out of school, if it hasn't started to fade from your memory completely.

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If you talk to anyone studying English as a second language, they'll tell you how hard it is to learn. If you grew up speaking English as your only language, it probably doesn't seem that difficult; but as a bilingual native English speaker who learned a second language later in life I can tell you, English is WEIRD!

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