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[–]gsfgf 154 points155 points ago

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As an American, I can assure you that I know about other countries like Texas and Alaska.

[–][deleted] 36 points37 points ago

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Texas is just another name for America.

[–]municipalcraze 23 points24 points ago

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'merica

[–]xmelior 7 points8 points ago

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AMURICA

[–]clevereyes 2 points3 points ago

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MURCA

[–]criticalsection 0 points1 point ago

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FUCK YEAAAA

[–]liebkartoffel 5 points6 points ago

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If there's anything I'm most ashamed of, it's that the rest of the world often thinks that. Fuck everything about Texas. Except Austin.

[–]TumbleDryLow 1 point2 points ago

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Why? I hate the weather in Texas but Houston, Dallas, and Austin are all pretty nice cities. I've heard Houston's pretty liberal, too (never been there, though).

[–]liebkartoffel 4 points5 points ago

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Oh, I was exaggerating a little, but this idea that Texas is a microcosm of the whole country has always rankled me. Some German exchange students once visited my hometown (Seattle area) and they literally told us that they assumed all Americans wore cowboy hats, despised gays and Muslims, and worshiped Bush. It took a lot to convince them otherwise.

[–]ninjeff 7 points8 points ago

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The best thing about this post is the implication that Texas is like that.

[–]RussRufo 1 point2 points ago

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Thank you. I'm from Houston and it's nice and liberal. I go to places like Kansas and Wyoming and Florida though and there are people who fit this description. ಠ_ಠ

[–]TumbleDryLow 0 points1 point ago

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Ahh I see where you're coming from. People are prone to silly generalizations I guess.

[–]ArbitraryAnswers 1 point2 points ago

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Thanks...

[–]liebkartoffel 0 points1 point ago

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Easily rectified. Move to Austin.

[–]retrospects 1 point2 points ago

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Austin is not all that great...

[–]rightyH8R 1 point2 points ago

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Better than the rest of Texas...

[–]retrospects 2 points3 points ago

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Haha one street does not give you that right.

[–]RussRufo 0 points1 point ago

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Houston is a fine, blue city.

[–]Skeezy66 0 points1 point ago

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well fuck you, sir.

[–]liebkartoffel 0 points1 point ago

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Thanks!

[–]danguro 0 points1 point ago

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But I though other countries were nearby my city?

[–]iamyourdad 1 point2 points ago

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those are "counties", son.

[–]danguro 2 points3 points ago

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Oh, sorry dad. I got confoozled

[–]antgly 0 points1 point ago

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and Nebraska.

[–]germandoorman 3 points4 points ago

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AND MY AXE

[–]isThisShitTaken 86 points87 points ago

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What's 'original content'?

[–]CyDenied 4 points5 points ago

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Well played

[–]municipalcraze 116 points117 points ago

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That's the whitest black person I have ever seen

[–]wombshifter 22 points23 points ago

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South African

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[–]louieanderson 1 point2 points ago

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Is that why he has a fro?

[–]Leo-D 0 points1 point ago

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He's also Jewish.

[–]zephyy 2 points3 points ago

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or Namibia >:) the more you know

[–]piratenkaas 42 points43 points ago

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He's pretty fly for a white guy.

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[–]Eist 8 points9 points ago

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My Dad is African, and he's white :/

[–]ANewAccountCreated 3 points4 points ago

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Oh yeah. How's Dave Matthews doing these days?

[–]Eist 2 points3 points ago

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Huh. I didn't know that Dave Matthews was South African born. My Dad is Kenyan though.

[–]alliterationactivist 4 points5 points ago

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kenya elaborate?

[–]Eist 2 points3 points ago

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Can't tell if genuinely interested, or just trying to make a pun

Anyway, my father's grandparents were missionaries from Britain to Kenya - my father's father (my grandfather) was the 100th 'white man' born in Kenya. My father moved to Scotland when he was 16, met my Mum a few years later, who gave birth to me a few years later after that - then a few years after I was born, he got a job in New Zealand. I was raised in New Zealand, upon where entering adulthood I moved to the States to be with my now wife :)

[–]alliterationactivist 1 point2 points ago

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I'm sorry.

[–]Punchbowl_Trent -1 points0 points ago

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He later became The President

[–]GingerLegs 22 points23 points ago

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Diversity is an old wooden ship.

[–]pkeveryday 12 points13 points ago

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used in civil war era

[–]MoonDaddy 9 points10 points ago

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RON, I hardly think the network is concerned with a lack of an old wooden ship.

[–]feefmeharder 5 points6 points ago

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Harbored on Whore Island

[–]TheSunAlsoRises 36 points37 points ago

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What are "throws 2 question"?

[–]cyrilio 19 points20 points ago

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I think it's supposed to say a

[–]TheSunAlsoRises 13 points14 points ago

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What is "throws a question"?

[–]cyrilio 9 points10 points ago

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You are right. That does not make any sense either. Maybe this 'international teacher' does not speak proper English?

[–]kwood09 3 points4 points ago

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"Throw right back" is something else entirely.

[–]rib-bit 2 points3 points ago

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"Throw a question" vs. "Throw a question right back"? I don't think it's that different

[–]kwood09 2 points3 points ago

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"Throw a question right back in someone's face" is a common phrase meaning, "to turn the tables on someone" or, more simply, to "rebut." In the context of the original post in this thread, the person uses "throw a question" to mean "pose a question." Two very different things.

[–]fantastic_mr_f 24 points25 points ago

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North Korean Student:

"Kim Il-Sung."

[–]cyberslick188 33 points34 points ago

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What did Kim Il sing? Finish the goddamn story.

[–]Birchoff 5 points6 points ago

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I want what this guy want

[–][deleted] 9 points10 points ago

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Whoever made this hasn't been to an international school full of spoilt kids.

[–]Joshypalooza 20 points21 points ago

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A Hispanic person must have made this.

[–]cyberslick188 21 points22 points ago

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It's legible, so probably not.

[–]antgly 9 points10 points ago

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Es elegible so probly not.

[–]JoseFernandes 1 point2 points ago

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It's "legible".

[–]antgly 9 points10 points ago

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Ah... es ok, es ok

[–]prodigalOne 5 points6 points ago

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Grammar Nazi's, why don't we say "an European" ?

[–]koolkats 14 points15 points ago

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[–]prodigalOne 3 points4 points ago

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You rock, thanks

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

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FUCK. Thank you so much, now I have something to link to passive aggressively every time some idiot on Facebook says "an historian" or whatever.

[–]qancer 2 points3 points ago

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"An historian" or "an historic" are both correct. I don't consider you an idiot for not knowing this, though, because I'm a reasonable person.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

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Not according to Purdue University.

[–]liebkartoffel 8 points9 points ago

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Grammar Nazis...

FTFY

Sorry, couldn't resist.

[–]Pooters 7 points8 points ago

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Since when does a black person not know what food is...

[–]Joshypalooza 28 points29 points ago

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Not watermelon chicken loving Sunday afternoon grill out African Americans, 3rd world Africa.

[–]Pooters 1 point2 points ago

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OHHHHHH! Africa! For some reason I read African American.

[–]thatswitty 1 point2 points ago

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The afro on the African is fun-kay!

[–]BigFatCake 1 point2 points ago

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I like how everyone's eyes are the same except the asian guy's.

[–]Tall_Sean 1 point2 points ago

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Diversity.. Wasn't that like a civil war ship or something?

[–]cleverseneca 4 points5 points ago

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Not the best point in History to post this Joke considering the EU has been ont he verge of collapse and Greece is completelty Broke....

[–]kwood09 13 points14 points ago

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First off, the EU is not anywhere close to collapse. The Euro, a currency shared by 13 of the 27 EU member states, is not doing so hot. Greece is completely broke, and Portugal and Ireland aren't doing much better.

But there's nobody starving in these countries or anything like that.

[–]JMM123 2 points3 points ago

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Italy is the main problem with the EU. Its very possible Italy will have to default on their debts, as they're doing absolutely terrible. They're the fourth biggest economy of Europe. If this happens, then Germany, France and the UK will be forced to help bail them out as part of the union. All of them are already trillions in debt and this would screw them over big time, so they would rather leave the Union than do that. And if the big nations leave, then the union will dissolve. My economics prof would always rant about stuff like this during class.

[–]zephyy 3 points4 points ago

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EU on the verge of collapse

haha.

[–]VodkaHappens 11 points12 points ago

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It's a joke, a damn good one. Don't interpret it as a lesson.

[–]cleverseneca 3 points4 points ago

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Well it would have been a better one 10 years ago is all I'm saying.

[–]TumbleDryLow 2 points3 points ago

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Good point! We'll address your concerns as soon as possible.

[–]Darkersun 0 points1 point ago

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White guy with fro.

[–]SleepyOrange 0 points1 point ago

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Apparently you don't know any Jewish people; my Great Grandfather would hide stuff in his fro. Also, he lived most of his life in South Africa.

[–]Darkersun 1 point2 points ago

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Jew fro! I forgot about that. Good call.

[–]spamato 0 points1 point ago

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Then they all exchanged definitions and became better people...

Or they argue and eventually stab the black guy in the neck with a bayonet.

[–]antgly 0 points1 point ago

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"Don't talk to me ever again." - Black guy

[–]liebkartoffel 0 points1 point ago

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Nah, they just steal all of his possessions, and then to make up for it, they give a bunch of money to his abusive uncle.

[–]baksteen 0 points1 point ago

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That seems to be one question

[–]dreamer100 0 points1 point ago

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There is a slightly different version where the question is "What is your honest opinion ...", where an Indian/Pakistani asks "What's 'honest'?"

[–]equites 0 points1 point ago

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The real question is: where the hell is the teacher from?

[–]STJRedstorm 0 points1 point ago

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Giving a little too much credit to Europe, no?

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

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Why don't we call it "Stereotypes"?

[–]AwesomeArabDude 0 points1 point ago

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haha

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

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As someone who taught in both South Korea and Beijing, this is accurate.

[–]meaniemarie 0 points1 point ago

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I read this out-loud and gave only the Chinese kid an accent.

[–]NinjaInWhite 0 points1 point ago

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Didn't I just see this on memebase?

[–]jae713 0 points1 point ago

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Mexican Student: "Que"?

[–]ahepler72 0 points1 point ago

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what the fuck IS another country?

[–]Magikarp 0 points1 point ago

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Those are the strangest fuckin A's i've ever seen

[–]wo_ai_ni_3 0 points1 point ago

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sad but true...

[–]MuttBunch 0 points1 point ago

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...Know one thought 'Oh man, how stereotypical is that' when they saw an african kid with a massive afro and a chinese kid with closed eyes?

[–]jschip 0 points1 point ago

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DAMN IT why do your A's look like 2's

[–]IZuStY 0 points1 point ago

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-_-

[–]let_them_burn 0 points1 point ago

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after reading the title, I was expecting to see a picture of an old wooden ship

[–]Twitchzor 0 points1 point ago

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As a European, I actually had to google Scarcity.

True story.

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[–]hideki_BROjo 18 points19 points ago

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South Africa, brah.

[–]TumbleDryLow 1 point2 points ago

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I think that's the most upvotes South Africa's ever received. They've come a long way since apartheid.

[–]CyDenied 6 points7 points ago

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You misspelled "Blek".

[–]antgly 0 points1 point ago

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Shut up Boris.

[–]YSCapital 0 points1 point ago

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Did you find this in the internet archives?!

[–]KiXpiX 0 points1 point ago

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This seems pretty accurate, I'm from Europe, and don't know what scarcity is:P But thanks to google I can find out.

[–]idledebonair 0 points1 point ago

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This joke is literally older than the internet.

[–]SuperMoist -1 points0 points ago

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Where do you find these things that you think they're new? Or are you just shamelessly karma whoring? http://karmadecay.com/i.imgur.com/ELQFx.jpg

[–]entillthedeathofme -2 points-1 points ago

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It's funny because Europe is running out of everything...

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[–]germandoorman -1 points0 points ago

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what´s funny is i really had to look up what scarcity means.. guess i have a scarcity of education. did i use right?

[–]slid3r -2 points-1 points ago

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Chicken, the humor in this comic, we know about Canada and Mexico, and shut up.

Done.

[–]hobbinater2 -2 points-1 points ago

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repost

[–]danny17402 -2 points-1 points ago

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Here's my question. How does one justify writing all of their "a"s as "2"s their whole life?

[–]mparlett 1 point2 points ago

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Look at the "a" you just typed. If your computer were sloppy, and the loop at the bottom got squished, it'd look like a 2.

[–]danny17402 0 points1 point ago

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Well of course I realize how it started happening. But is that really an excuse? That person must realize those are exactly twos he's writing. It tripped me up for a second when I read it, so it must do the same to others. It just seems like a pretty easy thing to stop writing 2's instead of A's that's all.

[–]BroolStoryCo -2 points-1 points ago

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This is older than the internet itself

[–]crazyafrica -3 points-2 points ago

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Obvious repost is obvious

[–]empire314 -5 points-4 points ago

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TIL its "a european" not "an european"

Mind = Blown

[–]SaveTheManatees 5 points6 points ago

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TIL that basic English phonology is mindblowing.

[–]dayjawb 2 points3 points ago

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The beginning "y" sound in "European" ("you") is not a vowel sound, so it doesn't get the "an."

The sometimes "y" vowel shit refers to words like "myst" where it just takes the sounds of other English vowels.

The same applies for "h" being silent. "An honest gentlemen" is correct because the beginning is a regular vowel sound.

[–]cwillgo 2 points3 points ago

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Similarly, in French, le/la ("the") before a noun is contracted to L' if the first letter is a vowel. However, if the first sound is a vowel sound, the rule also applies* which is why it's "l'hôtel" and not "le hôtel".**

I don't know why people act like English is so crazy. English just has more exceptions per rule.

most of the time *initial H is silent in French

tl;dr other languages have rules like the a/an, and exceptions

[–]liebkartoffel 1 point2 points ago

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Because "eur" in this context makes a sound like "year," and, as Y is (sometimes) a consonant, the word gets paired with "an." Hurray for English!