English
The lingua franca of the bewildered.
1.5 billion people speak English. Maybe 400 million speak it well. The rest are doing improv, and getting paid for it.
Speakers call themselves Anglophones when they want to sound formal. The rest of the world just says English speakers. Same crowd, fancier label.
No cases. No genders. No accents. Then why is it so confusing?
English looks easy on the surface. Spelling is a war crime. Through, though, thought, tough, thorough, none of them rhyme. None of them follow rules. Severo finds this offensive.
Phrasal verbs are not optional.
Get up, get over, get on, get out of, get away with. Same verb, ten meanings. Ask a learner what "I'm getting on" means and watch the panic.
Pronunciation depends on country, decade, and mood.
British water and American water are not the same word. Australians have decided vowels are negotiable. Canadians? They speak French, obviously. Just kidding, we all love Justin Bieber, and unfortunately he doesn't have songs in French, only in English.
The course teaches one English. The accents come later, from series, songs, and time spent abroad.
Severo's verdict.
In the end, English is useful if you want to watch a series with questionable humor about a company that sells paper without subtitles, read half the internet without a translator, follow a CEO's panicked LinkedIn post in real time, or argue with the lyrics of a pop song.
If you already know the basics of the verb to be, you have the potential. Phase 2 is just muscle memory.
Ready to accept the challenge of a language whose grammar Brits, Americans, and Australians cannot agree on, and whose irregular verbs everyone gave up trying to explain? Click download if you have the courage. Otherwise you will be one more person who says "I done it" and thinks it sounds fine. Severo notices.
I'LL FACE THE IRREGULARS
