English is a widely used language. What is your frank opinion of "English Language"?

thats why english is english /it sometimes makes no sense

So what's your point? English is a language that happens to be spoken by a large part of the world's population, and it has its idiosyncrasies like any other language. Learn a little about phrasal verbs if you want to know why "wind up" means "end." And read about the suffix -arian if you'd like to know the reason that humanitarians do not eat humans.

All languages have anomalies like the ones which have been quoted. English is a beautiful language which among others made Shakespeare's literary masterpieces possible. The English language has an unequalled versitility, depth and range of meaning. Of course if you don't like it and you are clever enough you could always invent your own language. The way you and some of your respondents describe some of he peculuarities of this still evolving language you must all be at geneus level.

Despite the lack of logic this is, in fact, what gives personality and character to each language and makes it interesting and endearing.

"Un cochon d' Inde" in French is neither a pig nor from India.

"pomodoro" (a tomato in Italian) is neither an apple nor made of gold.

and the list could go on for other languages.

There also are additional idiosyncrasies in the English/French/ Spanish spoken overseas. Does it matter as long as people recognise what is being talked about?

When I first came to England as a pre-teenager, I innocently offered to "rape the cheese" for my hostess because of "fromage rapé" in French, and my Swedish counterpart came to ask for "gallows" to hang her clothes . We both learnt from our malapropisms and now express ourselves better than many natives. We all still laugh about it though, when we meet.

Each time I fly into New-York I get funny looks when I say that I am staying for a "fortnight". They do not know what it means...

I wonder if they understand "Couldn't you just murder a cup of tea?"

Better murder the tea than the English language, surely.

English is a international language and if you go to every countries they know this

You know, they do say that learning English as a second language is difficult. I guess now I see why =P

No no It's the same in german

In german Guineapig means Meerschweinchen

(for german speakers)

Meerschweinchen ist kein Schweinches aus dem Meer =P

Not forgetting the good old trick:

goose -- geese;

moose -- ?

Try this sentence too: The bandage was wound around the wound.

How lovely and confusing.

xCherryx

Very bloody amusing. Remember 'One flew over the cuckoo's nest'?

Anyone who tries to apply logic to English is DOOMED.

My ex thought it was funny to say 'I only eat vegetarians.'

Pity the poor non-native English speaker in the wilds of Canada. He came across a man in the woods and asked, 'What are you?'.

'I'm a lumberjack.'

'So, what do you do?'

'I chop down trees.'

'Then what do you do?'

'I chop them up.'

Maybe the idiosyncrasies make it easier to learn?!? At least it doesn't give inanimate objects a gender!

Its a mixture of other european languages, many root word originate from latin,greek, ect.