Today I’m thinking about how stupid the word “unruly” is. Someone who doesn’t follow the rules is un-rule-y, which implies someone who does follow the rules is rule-y.

English is a dumb language.

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@Scatterplot haha! sometimes i wonder if it's so successful BECAUSE it's a trash fire. "meh its a mess, just do whatever" is tbh a more friendly situation for language learners than if it had clear, rigid rules and strong rejection for failing to learn them. still sucks though!

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