This is one of the clips I always show people here in EU to introduce them to I love Lucy since so many have English as a second language it hits differently.
I can watch this clip all day, my favorite parts are when Lucy says to Rikki, “What is this booges? and “Hold it Shakespeare” 🤣🤣 On a personal note, one of my godfathers is a Spaniard and his primary language is not English, but Castilian Spanish. He is learning some English now in his late 70s but it’s sometimes funny when he tries to pronounce English words but I’m glad he’s trying to learn 😄😄. To this day I message him in his native language, Spanish, because it’s something that I’ve always wanted to do 😊😊.
I have an Italian friend who is so fixated on "gh" in English that he routinely joins those consonants together when they are both in a word, even when they do not appear together... for example, he consistently spells "together" "togheter". I cannot help thinking he was traumatized in some way in the past by the English "gh".
Ricky has a really good point here. But english isn't all confusing words. We use the same spelling for Love (omantic, platonic, family) We use same spelling for Sick, (cold/flu, fever, cancer, sick and tired) We also use same spelling for Hot (Hot stove, hot weather, hot foods) But I guess it would get confusing when you add some of the slangs like hot guy/hot girl, hot mess, hot car, hot goods. Or Celebrity fan vs ceiling fan. And stuff like that. But I think most languages have slangs and modern cultural stuff people add in all the time.
My dad was a high school French teacher for almost 40 years. He showed this scene to his class every year. 😊
Haha 😂 !! Et il avait raison 👏👍
This is one of the clips I always show people here in EU to introduce them to I love Lucy since so many have English as a second language it hits differently.
I love it when Ricky reads the book. The English language is tough.
Or is it toof?
I can watch this clip all day, my favorite parts are when Lucy says to Rikki, “What is this booges? and “Hold it Shakespeare” 🤣🤣 On a personal note, one of my godfathers is a Spaniard and his primary language is not English, but Castilian Spanish. He is learning some English now in his late 70s but it’s sometimes funny when he tries to pronounce English words but I’m glad he’s trying to learn 😄😄. To this day I message him in his native language, Spanish, because it’s something that I’ve always wanted to do 😊😊.
If Lucy and Ricky were in each other’s shoes, Lucy would pronounce “queso” as “coo-eso” and “guitarra” as “goo-ee-tarra” 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
English is a crazy language. People learning it as a second language must get really confused when learning those "ough" words.
You said it!
I have an Italian friend who is so fixated on "gh" in English that he routinely joins those consonants together when they are both in a word, even when they do not appear together... for example, he consistently spells "together" "togheter". I cannot help thinking he was traumatized in some way in the past by the English "gh".
2:47 - Give him a hint, Lucy. 😷 😷 😷
Haha this is so funny 🩷🩷🩷
Ricky has a really good point here. But english isn't all confusing words. We use the same spelling for Love (omantic, platonic, family) We use same spelling for Sick, (cold/flu, fever, cancer, sick and tired)
We also use same spelling for Hot (Hot stove, hot weather, hot foods)
But I guess it would get confusing when you add some of the slangs like hot guy/hot girl, hot mess, hot car, hot goods. Or Celebrity fan vs ceiling fan. And stuff like that. But I think most languages have slangs and modern cultural stuff people add in all the time.
So trough…… !! Or should i say true !! 😂………
Come to think of it: bough, through, dough, rough, cough all do not rhyme. Kansas and Arkansas do not rhyme either.