Why the English language is so hard to learn

[Allen]

Some of these I hadn't thought of.

[JB White]

Once you can read it then you’ve read it.
Just don’t confuse read with reed or read with red.
They raised the barn. They razed the barn.

[Mark in Ottawa]

The well-known linguistic joke is what is this word? "Ghoti"

The answer is "Fish"

Derivation is a follows: F sound from the word "enough"; i sound from the word "women"; and sh sound from the word "station"

It is apparently attributed to the British play-write, George Bernard Shaw

[RED]

Well, I have seen 2 year old children that could speak in English! And have seen 25 years olds that cannot speak English!

"I ain't got not seen the train a coming."

[Allen]

Well, I have seen 2 year old children that could speak in English! And have seen 25 years olds that cannot speak English!

Right. A lot depends upon the individual.

Some, who speak slang or jive actually don't speak one language then there are those that apply themselves like Melania Trump who can speak five languages fluently: Slovenian, English, French, Italian, and German.