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Adarnit | 9 months ago (raw) | export | reply | flag +3 
 The content of my content makes me feel content.

Sentences like this alone prove why English is a ridiculous language to learn
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freeborn | ἐλεύθερος | 9 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +3 
 I am present to present you with a present
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Adarnit | 9 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 You point to the point I'm trying to make at this point in time
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Jordan Eskovitz | 9 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo
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🐉AT ₿01 | 9 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 English totalled
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nobody | 9 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 I thought it would be easiest to learn.  Could be trippin due to years of practice 😆🤙
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nobody | 9 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 As compared to Spanish type or Polish type 'conjugation' and whatnots. Anyways, done rant 🫡
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Adarnit | 9 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 polskie końcówki są pojebane 🫡
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nobody | 9 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Pojebane jak huj (been a while since I said HUJ 😆🤙)
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Nostralian | 9 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 Yes, it's a dog's breakfast, made up of lots of languages mashed together. Read Bill Bryson's 'Mother Tongue' for an interesting history of English and its craziness.