Weird English

Got some new info about the English language here and a little amazed of the Buffalo thing. Haha.

https://ahtaitay.blogspot.com/2017/10/weird-facts-about-english-language.html?fbclid=IwAR1Jf4tKcmWxCKCTyBG0pU8xZV4Adn89uKo_LntF9W9zbIFguLz3qaiatDk

So French is the official language of England? Now I know...

So interesting! First, I didn't know about the ampersand being part of the alphabet before and was considered a letter. I just thought it was a "and" character.

Second, the buffalo.. I think there is something similar with that in our Filipino language. I'll share it here when I remember.

That's hilarious I am sure the stress is significantly different enough for you all to understand eachother but reads like gibberish

Interesting!

Rose.Angelie wrote:

So interesting! First, I didn't know about the ampersand being part of the alphabet before and was considered a letter. I just thought it was a "and" character.

Same here. This is very informative. Now, ampersand is no longer considered as an alphabet I wonder why, but its one of the special characters. 

Jade.Xuereb wrote:

That's hilarious I am sure the stress is significantly different enough for you all to understand eachother but reads like gibberish

Yes, the stress is different. If I didn't come across about this on a forum a long time ago I wouldn't have realize how confusing it is for those who don't speak the language. LOL

Rose.Angelie wrote:

Did a quick search and found this example- referring to my point above about the buffalo..

Though not entirely the same, but similar when it comes to using the same "word" (or syllable) in the entire sentence.

"Baba?" Baba.

"Bababa ba?" Bababa.

Now, we're all like minions talking. :joy: :joy:

Can you cite where the stress is in the 2nd bababa?...I'm wondering what it means, despite me being a Filipino. Hehe