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Figure 1. Star Nosed Mole. From iNaturalist ginebigkwe. English is such a weird language. Let’s start with that: English is weird. English is so weird that many quotes have accumulated on how silly it is. Here are just a few. Yes, English can be weird. It can be understood through tough thorough thought, though. David Burge English grammar is so complex and confusing for the one very simple reason that its rules and terminology are based on Latin, a language with which it has precious little in common. Bill Bryson Our language is funny – a ‘fat chance’ and a ‘slim chance’ are the same thing. J. Gustav White The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that English is about as pure as a cribhouse whore. We don’t just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to...