The hardest language in the world?

Seriously, English is a breeze. It's very easy to learn, much less complex than any other language I know, but more concise than German for example. At times it's not very coherent when it comes to pronunciation (verdict / indictment; awful / awry; etc.), but neither is German, so... *shrug* Many years ago I tried to get a grasp of Irish Gaelic. Beautiful, beautiful language, but hard as hell to learn. Needless to say, I gave up pretty soon.

Originally Posted by ruixiong89

Yar, I think Polish is difficult. German seems rather difficult too? I don't know, you combine words together to get a very long word!

Correct. Our longest (and best-known) word would be Donaudampfschifffahrtsgesellschaftskapitänskajüt entürschlossschlüssel

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Originally Posted by Dubble

Another thing I've noticed that is always a constant bone of contention is "it's" and "its". Its a simple easy to make error that a lot of people make - one being a contraction that means "it is" the other being something to denote a thing.

Hell - I know people who've spoken english for years and STILL can't (or won't) get it right.

Jesus, just because some people are learning impaired or just don't care about spelling doesn't mean the language is hard. Really, those who have problems with "it's" and "its", "they're" and "their", "would have" and "would of" (my favorite) would have problems with any language whatsoever.

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