The funny, amazing and curious items of english la

I was a little embarrased when my foreign american girlfriend called me suddely on the phone at night . I was starting to have some fun with a local girl and I had to use both languages spanish and english. Fortunately the english language helped me a lot to deal with the situation. I said to the american girl in her english: "I am fine. I am alone with a FRIEND, no problem".....lol, very funny. And her jealousy was calmed down. Maybe you, my dear native english speaker might not understand this but it was so.

English is the most useful language in the world ( as a second language of course, chinese is the largest in use) and most of the people agree to use anywhere as the main language. Intituions , academies, and even US and UK officially foster its use and it is very easy to acquire by foreign people around the world. Its grammar is very simple.Maybe the sound patterns are not, but it is an easy language rather than spanish, french or even the complicated german one

But for the other side, spanish is terrible. It is a real headache for many people. The use of conjugations, genders, numbers, modism, prepositions, etc etc. Anyone could think that hispanic people are rather linguists than normal speakers due the big feature we have to deal with to use this language

Look, When I answered to this american girl I just introduced the word FRIEND. And she was calmed. But in spanish interpretation we have to add a gender "amigO or amigA" so we can differentiate whom we are relating to and no suspitios arise on people. And the same situation happens in number , possesion, preposition, and verb conjugation. It is amazing that english is very practical, creates confidence (in some sense) and is very equalitarian ( not sexist, though its english western culture might be very consumist , sophisticated and individualist)

We have the "Real Academia Española" which is an institution that regulates the language. English language does not have, so you are free to say whatever you want and be informal and natural. We can´t. It is impossible if you want to be a standard speaker. Although we have slang and informality, the real issue is that it is regulated. And this institution is drastic in this case.

The French government called the english language as the most "perverted and dirty one" due to its current misuse and miscarrage to say a pure, clear message. I do not agree.

Like any other foreign language ,It is a cultural topic rather than a chauvinist one. I enjoyed saying this ambivalence to desperate american girl "FRIEND" because not the cheating , but because of the amazing english in solving complicated situations like this one. So my dear native single english speakers, you should be proud of this...

Very tricky, but Mr Cervantes and Mr Shakespeare may rest in calm after all
cheers
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SWEETIE, TRY CROATIAN AND THEN YOU WILL SEE WHAT YOU MUST "DEAL" WITH ON LINGUISTIC FRONT. SO SPANISH IS A PLEASANT WALK. BUT LANGUAGES ARE A WONDROUS .:wow
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