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From	"Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid>
Newsgroups	comp.mobile.android
Subject	English
Date	2025-12-02 13:10 +0100
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On 2025-12-01 17:44, AJL wrote:
> On 12/1/25 6:31 AM, Frank Slootweg wrote:
>> AJL <noemail@none.com> wrote:
>>> On 11/30/25 3:52 AM, Frank Slootweg wrote:
>>>> AJL <noemail@none.com> wrote:
>>>>> On 11/29/25 12:44 PM, Frank Slootweg wrote:
>>>>>> AJL <noemail@none.com> wrote: [...]
>>>>>>> The trash feature has saved me several times over the 
>>>>>>> years. Especially when I get pissed and delete something 
>>>>>>> and then later have a change of heart. Like Usenet? 
>>>>>>> Nah...  8-O
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> You *do* realise that this group also has some UK English 
>>>>>> speaking audience, don't you!? :-)
>>>>>>> Sorry, don't understand. Did I say something different 
>>>>>>> in UK English? Clue me in...
>>>> 
>>>> "when I get pissed..." -> "when I get very drunk..."
>>> 
>>> Ah. Didn't know that. Thanks. Ok, for the UK English folks out 
>>> there when I say I got pissed I meant I got mad. I actually 
>>> shortened it from its proper term of pissed off. That might have 
>>> helped the confusion? Anyway I'll try not to dick around next 
>>> time. Gee I hope the word dick doesn't confuse things...  8-O
>> 
>> The UK English folks *do* use "pissed off", with the same meaning 
>> as yours, but without the " off" part, the difference is as I 
>> described.
>> 
>> This is what the Google 'AI Overview' for a "pissed in UK
>> English" search says:
>> 
>> "In UK English, "pissed" means very drunk. To convey the meaning 
>> of being angry, British speakers say "pissed off". "
>> 
>> Disclaimer: English is not my native language and Google's AI 
>> might be wrong.
> 
> I don't speak anything but English but I understand it's one of the 
> hardest languages to learn. I have enough problems with it myself so 
> I admire those of you that can speak it as a second language. I 
> suppose the word piss (urinate), pissed (drunk or mad per Oxford), 
> or pissed off (mad) is an example of it's complications.
> 
> Anyway I now return this group to its regularly scheduled agenda...

I do not find English particularly difficult. German is worse.

There are no declinations, no verbal forms, aside from the "s" on 
"he/she". Correct spelling is a bitch, though: we have to learn by heart 
both the spelling and the pronunciation of each word. They never 
bothered to try to teach us the rules.

Yes, there are nuances as the same word having several different 
meaning. You can never learn it perfectly, there are subtle meaning that 
are really cultural.

Still, it is a very viable language for international exchange. I tried 
to learn French as an adult, did not manage that well.

-- 
Cheers, Carlos.
ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺;

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