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The train is coming with shiny cars, comfy seats, and wheels of stars. Hush, little ones, have no fear; the man in the moon is the engineer.

You mean saying things like “good food”…?
A lot of it is to do with which language we got our words from.

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I'm going to start using hard-to-pronounce words in my written posts.

Every word in this thread.

Such as?
Well, this is a tomb. I'll make them feel at home

Well not all of our words are pronounced differently than written.

Wow! I did not know that. That's probably why I haven't seen him in a long time.
Wonder what went wrong in his life?
MAGA! FAFO! Schrodinger's Cat walks into a bar, and doesn't. Dumbocraps: evil people who celebrate murder.

Yes sir. He stopped being funny, and turned into an angry man who ranted and insulted the audience. I've seen him actually spit out into the audience. I think that's when I stopped having any interest in his work.
"Your emotional state is not my responsibility." – Warren Smith

Gallagher? I must have missed that.
MAGA! FAFO! Schrodinger's Cat walks into a bar, and doesn't. Dumbocraps: evil people who celebrate murder.

He used to be a funny comedian. Then he turned into an angry man who was vile.
"Your emotional state is not my responsibility." – Warren Smith

Some of it is very illogical. It can be very difficult if it's not your first language. Gallagher does a great routine about it. He also gets in a jab at the Japanese language.
PS He even mentions one of your favorite words: Tomb.
MAGA! FAFO! Schrodinger's Cat walks into a bar, and doesn't. Dumbocraps: evil people who celebrate murder.

Tell me 'bout it
Well, this is a tomb. I'll make them feel at home

Just to mess with your head. Seriously though, it is an odd language at times.
MAGA! FAFO! Schrodinger's Cat walks into a bar, and doesn't. Dumbocraps: evil people who celebrate murder.