Human's over thing and sometimes don't make sense because of it.
[Freya finds that they're too far removed from their instincts.]
I also think there are some rules for rules. Like in English. You know the saying - 'i' before 'e' unless after 'c' - well there is more to it - or when sounded as 'a' as in neighbor and weigh - And there is even more to that....
Unless the 'c' is part of a 'sh' sound as in 'glacier' Or it appears in comparatives and superlatives like 'fancier' And also except when the vowels are sounded as 'e' as in 'seize' Or 'i' as in 'height' Or also in '-ing' inflections ending in '-e' as in 'cueing' Or in compound words as in 'albeit' Or occasionally in technical words with strong etymological links to their parent languages as in 'cuneiform' Or in other numerous and random exceptions such as 'science', 'forfeit', and 'weird'.
It also doesn't all rhythm and I have no idea how we came up with a language with so many exceptions. Pretty much any other language is less complicated than English. I'm partial to French myself.
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[Freya finds that they're too far removed from their instincts.]
I also think there are some rules for rules. Like in English. You know the saying - 'i' before 'e' unless after 'c' - well there is more to it - or when sounded as 'a' as in neighbor and weigh - And there is even more to that....
Unless the 'c' is part of a 'sh' sound as in 'glacier'
Or it appears in comparatives and superlatives like 'fancier'
And also except when the vowels are sounded as 'e' as in 'seize'
Or 'i' as in 'height'
Or also in '-ing' inflections ending in '-e' as in 'cueing'
Or in compound words as in 'albeit'
Or occasionally in technical words with strong etymological links to their parent languages as in 'cuneiform'
Or in other numerous and random exceptions such as 'science', 'forfeit', and 'weird'.
It also doesn't all rhythm and I have no idea how we came up with a language with so many exceptions. Pretty much any other language is less complicated than English. I'm partial to French myself.
Sorry for the ramble, I like languages.