28 July 2013

Infographic: English Is Weird

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We know this is a design blog, but we haven’t forgotten about creatives who work with words.



In this infographic, Kathleen Connors shows you what some of the quirks of English, which is a “bastard love child of various German, Nordic and Romance languages.”



From challenging sounds to word “building blocks”, this inforgraphic also shows how pervasive the English language is today.



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[via Linguistics Girl]