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English is essentially bad Dutch with outrageously pronounced French and Latin vocabulary.
--Eugene Holman
English is essentially Norse as spoken by a gang of French thugs.
--Benct Philip Jonsson
English is essentially a bizarre dialect of Chinese, pronounced entirely in the first tone.
--John Cowan
English is essentially any other language spoken with a very hot potato in one's mouth.
--Ivan Derzhanski (based on Alain LaBonté on Swiss French)
English is essentially the language you speak without moving your mouth.
--Marianne Cowan
English is essentially a language that uses vowels no other language would accept.
--Luís Henrique
English is essentially degenerate Welsh steeped in Latin, Dutch and Franco-Scandinavian Norman.
--Mike Taylor
English is essentially German spoken in the mouth rather than the throat.
--jmallett
English is essentially Low German plus even lower French minus any sense of culture.
--Danny Weir
English is essentially Anglo-Saxon with all the cool bits taken out.
--Thomas Leigh
English is essentially a dialect of French.
--Alain LaBonté
English is what you get from Normans trying to pick up Saxon girls.
--Bryan Maloney
Written English is essentially a variety of Old French invented by somebody who spoke only Saxon and read only Latin.
--Basilius
English is essentially an imprecise dialect of Java, without the object orientation.
--Julian Morrison
English is essentially a language that no one speaks in France.
--Dan Seriff
English is essentially French converted to 7-bit ASCII.
--Christophe Pierret [for Alain LaBonté]
English is essentially a *****.
--Lars Hendrik Mathiesen
English is essentially a French menu stuttered by a fish-and-chips dealer.
--Kala Tunu
English is essentially the Borg.
--Muke Tever
Men efter all Englisk äre basiklig Svensk förpoisonat of Frensk (ellor skould dat be Danisk?).
--Jonathan Knibb
English is essentially Dutch but it doesn't want to admit it.
--Danny Wier
English is essentially a West Germanic language that's trying very hard to look like a Romance one.
--Andreas Johansson
English is essentially language's equivalent to a transvestite.
--Andreas Johansson
Modern English read phonetically is essentially Middle English as no Middle Englishman would have spoken it.
--Jake X
According to generative linguists, all languages are essentially English.
--Arnt Richard Johansen
English is essentially the devil's attempt to reverse the curse of Babel by making a world language from the most difficult language in the world.
--qaya
English is essentially Pictish that was attacked out of nowhere by Angles cohabiting with Teutons who were done in by a drunk bunch of Vikings masquerading as Frenchmen who insisted they spoke Latin and Greek but lacked the Arabic in which to convey that.
--Bill Hammel
English is essentially Plattdeutsch as spoken by a Frisian pretending to be French.
--Andreas Johansson
English is essentially a stripped-down Germanic lang with Baroque-style Norman French ornamentation glued on at odd angles.
--Adam Walker
English is essentially a language that doesn't care where syllable boundaries are.
--Peter Bleackley
Inglish iz issenshali a langwidje dhat, wen rittun fonetkli, iz ilejibul tu netiv spikerz.
--Peter Bleackley
English is essentially the language of people who think that everybody else speaks their language. French is essentially the language of people who think that everybody else should speak theirs.
--Peter Bleackley
English is essentially bad Frisian, old French, Latin, and Greek, with a grammar that pretends to be like Latin but is really like Chinese or very dumbed-down Germanic (depending on how you look at it).
--Trebor Jung
English is essentially all exceptions and no rules.
--Jonathan Bettencourt
English is essentially the works of Joyce with the hard bits taken out.
--Jon Hanna
In English, all foreign languages are essentially French.
--Tristan Mc Leay
English is essentially Hindi (cot, jungle, shampoo), with a heck of a lot of loanwords from Anglo-Saxon, French, and Latin.
--Sean B. Palmer
English is essentially a Germanic language that has eaten far too many French dishes for its own good.
--John Cowan
--Eugene Holman
English is essentially Norse as spoken by a gang of French thugs.
--Benct Philip Jonsson
English is essentially a bizarre dialect of Chinese, pronounced entirely in the first tone.
--John Cowan
English is essentially any other language spoken with a very hot potato in one's mouth.
--Ivan Derzhanski (based on Alain LaBonté on Swiss French)
English is essentially the language you speak without moving your mouth.
--Marianne Cowan
English is essentially a language that uses vowels no other language would accept.
--Luís Henrique
English is essentially degenerate Welsh steeped in Latin, Dutch and Franco-Scandinavian Norman.
--Mike Taylor
English is essentially German spoken in the mouth rather than the throat.
--jmallett
English is essentially Low German plus even lower French minus any sense of culture.
--Danny Weir
English is essentially Anglo-Saxon with all the cool bits taken out.
--Thomas Leigh
English is essentially a dialect of French.
--Alain LaBonté
English is what you get from Normans trying to pick up Saxon girls.
--Bryan Maloney
Written English is essentially a variety of Old French invented by somebody who spoke only Saxon and read only Latin.
--Basilius
English is essentially an imprecise dialect of Java, without the object orientation.
--Julian Morrison
English is essentially a language that no one speaks in France.
--Dan Seriff
English is essentially French converted to 7-bit ASCII.
--Christophe Pierret [for Alain LaBonté]
English is essentially a *****.
--Lars Hendrik Mathiesen
English is essentially a French menu stuttered by a fish-and-chips dealer.
--Kala Tunu
English is essentially the Borg.
--Muke Tever
Men efter all Englisk äre basiklig Svensk förpoisonat of Frensk (ellor skould dat be Danisk?).
--Jonathan Knibb
English is essentially Dutch but it doesn't want to admit it.
--Danny Wier
English is essentially a West Germanic language that's trying very hard to look like a Romance one.
--Andreas Johansson
English is essentially language's equivalent to a transvestite.
--Andreas Johansson
Modern English read phonetically is essentially Middle English as no Middle Englishman would have spoken it.
--Jake X
According to generative linguists, all languages are essentially English.
--Arnt Richard Johansen
English is essentially the devil's attempt to reverse the curse of Babel by making a world language from the most difficult language in the world.
--qaya
English is essentially Pictish that was attacked out of nowhere by Angles cohabiting with Teutons who were done in by a drunk bunch of Vikings masquerading as Frenchmen who insisted they spoke Latin and Greek but lacked the Arabic in which to convey that.
--Bill Hammel
English is essentially Plattdeutsch as spoken by a Frisian pretending to be French.
--Andreas Johansson
English is essentially a stripped-down Germanic lang with Baroque-style Norman French ornamentation glued on at odd angles.
--Adam Walker
English is essentially a language that doesn't care where syllable boundaries are.
--Peter Bleackley
Inglish iz issenshali a langwidje dhat, wen rittun fonetkli, iz ilejibul tu netiv spikerz.
--Peter Bleackley
English is essentially the language of people who think that everybody else speaks their language. French is essentially the language of people who think that everybody else should speak theirs.
--Peter Bleackley
English is essentially bad Frisian, old French, Latin, and Greek, with a grammar that pretends to be like Latin but is really like Chinese or very dumbed-down Germanic (depending on how you look at it).
--Trebor Jung
English is essentially all exceptions and no rules.
--Jonathan Bettencourt
English is essentially the works of Joyce with the hard bits taken out.
--Jon Hanna
In English, all foreign languages are essentially French.
--Tristan Mc Leay
English is essentially Hindi (cot, jungle, shampoo), with a heck of a lot of loanwords from Anglo-Saxon, French, and Latin.
--Sean B. Palmer
English is essentially a Germanic language that has eaten far too many French dishes for its own good.
--John Cowan
