English is weird

Is it normal to keep thinking how the English words came about or anything it sounds like etc.

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  • anonymous999

    Every language is weird in some aspects. But that's why they are interesting.

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  • monkeysee68

    I think the study you're looking for is "etymology", the English language is an endlessly fascinating hodgepodge of many languages, and it's still changing. In fact, I read dictionaries like novels :P I am an unashamed word geek. And yes, hodgepodge is from Old French hochepot "stew, soup," first element from hocher "to shake," and from a Germanic source "hotzen" to shake. Am I cool or WHAT!

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  • slendersail

    Of course it is, it's called Philology and some people spend their lives in Universities studying this! English is related to the old Indo-European languages therefore you can find all these connections with other languages including stuff like Egyptian. (Neteru means Nature)

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  • gako

    Omg I do tooooooooooooooooooo

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  • gowila

    Yea sometimes I think about how English sounds. Like the word measure sounds French.

    I also think about how wired words are like potato. Anyway I agree

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  • dumbpeople40

    when i think about it, ya. it is normal. i think of that in my head sometimes when im bored.

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  • MarijuAtheist

    It's normal. Sometimes I repeat a word over and over in my head and it totally loses its meaning.

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  • soccer2

    Haha I do it too. But I also think tht whoever came up with English is stupid. Like some words just don't make sense. It should be easier to read and write words

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