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I have a shirt that says, "English doesn't borrow from other languages. English follows other languages down dark alleys, knocks them over, and goes through their pockets for loose grammar."

Now I know where it came from biggrin

Cantonese is essentially what everyone else in China calls swearing.
--Kiri Aradia

rofl

It's funny because it's essentially true.

Cantonese sounds very harsh compared to Mandarin. So it sounds like Cantonese speakers are always mad while Mandarin speakers are never mad. I think it's because Cantonese is much more staccato and has some rather abrupt finals (e.g. luk6).

All three of these are soooo true. I swear, if a Russian spoke Spanish, it'd come out Portuguese. I can't believe there is a quote on it though. I've been saying that forever. (Although, someone probably mentioned it after over hearing it from someone else who read this quote leading to my false notion of original thought.) And FRENCH!!! I can read it, but it makes NOOOOO SENSE! Why the eff do you put all those letters when they don't say anything?! When do you hear the t in biscuit!! Where is the st in est?! It is ridiculous.

These are so funny because of how true they are.

And thank GANDHI someone has said this:
Spanish is essentially a language that should be called Castilian, for the relief of Basques, Gallegos and Catalans.
--Humberto Ribeiro