#1 Good luck reading “homeowner” without thinking “ho-meow-ner” now:

macleodsawyer.com

#2 It’s all about punctuation and emphasis:

shmeards / Via tumblr.com

#3 You ever just like, think about contractions?

suicidallyreckless / Via tumblr.com

#4 Somehow this makes perfect sense:

invicxtus / Via tumblr.com

#5 Also, breakfast

novena5 / Via tumblr.com

#6 All of this checks out

prokopetz / Via tumblr.com

#7 Hey, did you know we’re the only language that spells competitively?

carry-on-my-wayward-butt / Via tumblr.com

#8 Yep, nobody else does that.

the-mighty-birdy / Via tumblr.com

#9 But spelling is nothing compared to all the hidden rules in English

emblian / Via tumblr.com

#10 Like, given a basic understanding of suffixes, one would assume this is true:

josefedwards2931415 / Via imgur.com

#11 Or if you were learning, these would sound like the exact same thing:

allisonkollins / Via twitter.com

#12 These are hard to understand even if you’ve been speaking English your whole life:

lumpatronics / Via tumblr.com

#13 BTW, if you’re a writer, ignore people who tell you not to use the word “said”:

prokopetz / Via tumblr.com

#14 And don’t let anyone tell you that a word isn’t real:

lisaquestions / Via twitter.com

#15 In fact, go ahead and “verb” a noun!

swampxwitchxhattie / Via tumblr.com

#16 Because frankly, nothing in this language makes a lick of sense:

avatar-dacia / Via tumblr.com

But hey, at least we’re not ~these~ languages:

upslapmeal / Via tumblr.com

Via BuzzFeed, Preview photo credit: invicxtus / tumblr.com