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AussieBrian CH.com Hall of Famer Offline CH - It's all in your head! Posts: 3851 Cairns, Qld, Australia Gender:	Re: why english is so much fun... Reply #1 - Dec 30^th, 2013 at 5:52am Smith, where Jones had had 'had' had had 'had had': 'had had' had had the teacher's approval.
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Mike NZ CH.com Hall of Famer Offline Oxygen rocks! D3 too! Posts: 3785 Auckland, New Zealand Gender:	Re: why english is so much fun... Reply #2 - Dec 30^th, 2013 at 2:57pm I'd be interested to see comments from people for whom English is a second language as to how understandable the "had had had had" is.
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Reply #3 - Dec 30^th, 2013 at 8:33pm

Mike NZ wrote on Dec 30^th, 2013 at 2:57pm:

I'd be interested to see comments from people for whom English is a second language as to how understandable the "had had had had" is.

One of my ESL students, a delightful lady from Sri Lanka, insists that of course she knows how to use it but then qualifies that with, "It's just like parallel parking. I can do it but I don't".

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Hoppy CH.com Alumnus Offline LAUGHTER IS THE BEST MEDICINE Posts: 1890 Perth WA Gender:	Re: why english is so much fun... Reply #4 - Dec 31^st, 2013 at 3:00am I know, i had a few to many last night.
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Reply #5 - Jan 1^st, 2014 at 11:22am

I, who took English as a foreign language, understood fully, not? English is one of the most difficult languages to master, but that is primarily because it is such a conglomeration of other languages. When one looks in the dictionary at the etymology of words very few of them have an Anglo basis, but you will find a wide variety of Latin, Romance, and Germanic roots, along with others just for fun.

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Mike NZ CH.com Hall of Famer Offline Oxygen rocks! D3 too! Posts: 3785 Auckland, New Zealand Gender:	Re: why english is so much fun... Reply #6 - Jan 1^st, 2014 at 2:52pm Also throw in words from around the countries that formed the British Empire, like India and Malaysia, to the mix.
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Callico CH.com Hall of Famer Offline Author of "Stranded at Romson's Lodge Posts: 4916 Aurora IL Gender:	Re: why english is so much fun... Reply #7 - Jan 22^nd, 2014 at 8:14am And then there are those from Australia and New Zealand, who just plain talk funny!
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Hoppy CH.com Alumnus Offline LAUGHTER IS THE BEST MEDICINE Posts: 1890 Perth WA Gender:	Re: why english is so much fun... Reply #8 - Jan 22^nd, 2014 at 5:56pm Jerry wrote, And then there are those from Australia and New Zealand, who just plain talk funny! And all those who live around the Globe. Hoppy.
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Reply #9 - Jan 23^rd, 2014 at 10:31pm

Callico wrote on Jan 22^nd, 2014 at 8:14am:

And then there are those from Australia and New Zealand, who just plain talk funny! Cheesy

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BobG CH.com Hall of Famer Offline Posts: 6422 St. George, UT Gender:	Re: why english is so much fun... Reply #10 - Mar 25^th, 2014 at 9:41am Callico wrote on Jan 22^nd, 2014 at 8:14am: And then there are those from Australia and New Zealand, who just plain talk funny! And Texas, and Boston, and the most un-understandable....the British.
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Callico CH.com Hall of Famer Offline Author of "Stranded at Romson's Lodge Posts: 4916 Aurora IL Gender:	Re: why english is so much fun... Reply #11 - Apr 1^st, 2014 at 9:44am Place the proper punctuation in this sentence: She had freckles on her but she was pretty
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maz CH.com Hall of Famer Offline I Love CH.com! Posts: 1071 Hampshire, England Gender:	Re: why english is so much fun... Reply #12 - Apr 1^st, 2014 at 4:41pm She had freckles on her but, she was pretty. ( Have I shown myself up now?)
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Hoppy CH.com Alumnus Offline LAUGHTER IS THE BEST MEDICINE Posts: 1890 Perth WA Gender:	Re: why english is so much fun... Reply #13 - Apr 1^st, 2014 at 11:32pm She had freckles on her, but she was pretty.
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Tim in Texas CH.com Junior Offline I Love CH.com! Posts: 92 Kerrville Texas Gender:	Re: why english is so much fun... Reply #14 - Jun 7^th, 2014 at 3:10am She had freckles on her, but she was pretty. Comma always before a conjunction. Unless her butt had freckles!
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Tim in Texas CH.com Junior Offline I Love CH.com! Posts: 92 Kerrville Texas Gender:	Re: why english is so much fun... Reply #15 - Jun 7^th, 2014 at 3:34am American English is the most difficult of all languages to master due to many if it's words having multiple meanings. Many of these words have an infinite amount of meanings. I will elaborate shortly. I need to brush up on a word (my personal favorite and many Americans favorite as well).
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