I can understand when people say that the English language is so hard to learn.

can you read thai by now?

@hereandthere yes a little. very difficult but most of the time I don't understand.

The word 'set' alone doesn't have so many meanings. It's combined with other words and forms idiomatic expressions.

Truth is that all languages have their multiple meaning words and sometimes it can create confusion.

@MALUSE @Cristi_Ichim @1hopefulman @Owlwings @Hereandthere @Mavic123456 @yoalldudes @toniganzon ~Here is a link to a Finnish comedian, Ismo, who did a monolog about learning "American" English on Conan O'Brian's talk show. It's very funny.

@scarlet_women ~Silent letters can be annoying. The little saying that I learned in elementary school sometimes explains it: "When two vowels go walking, the first one does the talking.".

@1hopefulman ~Actually, American English is much different that the English spoken in England. I would say that we should call it "American" instead but the are so many variations to the English language in different areas of the United States, like in the South. Of course, places where they have accents, like Boston or New Jersey, it can be difficult for someone trying to learn the language. Some areas even use different words to describe the same thing, like some refer to drinks like Coke or Pepsi as "Soda" and others use "pop". I grew up in Michigan where we used the word "pop". To us, a "soda" is pop with ice cream in it.

@flpoolbum It was pretty easy for me to learn English. I tried to learn Bengali and was a failure.

@1hopefulman why were you interested in bengali?

@hereandthere ~I have heard of "showing my age" and have used it on occasion. "I'm dating myself" is a new one for me.

Other languages have them, too.