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So...today I learned about a new animal: The Quokka, and it's just adorable.



Just look at that smile! So photogenic!

"I before E except after C" has to be the largest scam the English language has sold to children given English adheres to about as many strict rules as a sack of cats on fire.
That's largely attributable to the fact that English...how was it put? Ah yes.

"The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that English is about as pure as a cribhouse whore. We don’t just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary"
-James Nicoll

Eg: Why is the plural of "goose" geese, and the plural of "moose" moose? Because goose is germanic in origin and follows Old English rules. Moose, however, is Algonquin and didn't actually have a plural.
 

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So...today I learned about a new animal: The Quokka, and it's just adorable.



Just look at that smile! So photogenic!



That's largely attributable to the fact that English...how was it put? Ah yes.

"The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that English is about as pure as a cribhouse whore. We don’t just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary"
-James Nicoll

Eg: Why is the plural of "goose" geese, and the plural of "moose" moose? Because goose is germanic in origin and follows Old English rules. Moose, however, is Algonquin and didn't actually have a plural.
Picture that brought this critter world wide attention on 12/29/2017:
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"I before E except after C" has to be the largest scam the English language has sold to children given English adheres to about as many strict rules as a sack of cats on fire.
The full rule is "I before E except after C, or when sounding like A as in 'neighbor' or 'weigh'." And even that misses a few examples.

The fact that we need so many complicated mnemonics for a freakin' language just shows how broken it is.
 
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So...today I learned about a new animal: The Quokka, and it's just adorable.



Just look at that smile! So photogenic!
Fun fact: it was once rumored that quokkas throw their babies at predators to escape getting eaten. The truth is their babies often fall out of the parent's pouches as they're running away; the parent just doesn't go back and get them.

So cute as a button, shitty parents. You're welcome.