Ricky's Had Enough with the Crazy English Language!

[@blugreen123]

My dad was a high school French teacher for almost 40 years. He showed this scene to his class every year. 😊

[@christinebethencourt6197]

Haha 😂 !! Et il avait raison 👏👍

[@kimberlymiller8274]

This is one of my favorite scenes. If I wasn't born into the English language, I would never be able to learn it. 😂

[@RicardoOCs]

"Do you mean to tell me that I could have gotten out of this whole deal by just taking you to a movie?" 🤣 🤣

[@kimberlymiller8274]

"Deck the halls with boo-ges of holly...." 😂😂😂

[@user-bms4y2jeio5wli]

Very funny… in a very realistic and clean way

[@MurduckMysteries]

This is one of the clips I always show people here in EU to introduce them to I love Lucy since so many have English as a second language it hits differently.

[@Autistic_Gallant-92.]

If Lucy and Ricky were in each other’s shoes, Lucy would pronounce “queso” as “coo-eso” and “guitarra” as “goo-ee-tarra” 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@saxmaster121]

I can watch this clip all day, my favorite parts are when Lucy says to Rikki, “What is this booges? and “Hold it Shakespeare” 🤣🤣 On a personal note, one of my godfathers is a Spaniard and his primary language is not English, but Castilian Spanish. He is learning some English now in his late 70s but it’s sometimes funny when he tries to pronounce English words but I’m glad he’s trying to learn 😄😄. To this day I message him in his native language, Spanish, because it’s something that I’ve always wanted to do 😊😊.

[@Veelasiren]

English can be so weird. Words that are spelled exactly the same can have completely different meanings depending on how they're pronounced. They can also be both spelled the same AND sound the same but mean different things "I wound the gauze around the wound on his arm" "I got a tear in my eye when I heard the important paper tear" "I saw a man saw a branch in half" "I can put the can of beans on the shelf" "When she entered the room, he rose to his feet and gave her a rose"

[@Jeannie-s2y]

I love it when Ricky reads the book. The English language is tough.

[@thelastdragon5551]

Or is it toof?

[@jennafox8556]

Or is it too or tow? 🤔

[@SamK1281]

Aww it just hit me. That really would be daddy no matter on or off the show.

[@mrsTraveller64]

Most of us have accents, when English is our second or third language😁 For me it's my third language and then I have a fourth and a fifth language too, I actually don't worry too much about the accent, as long as people understand me😅

[@timboslice1979]

Great scene ❤

[@Autistic_Gallant-92.]

2:47 - Give him a hint, Lucy. 😷 😷 😷

[@dianemartinez7770]

En Espanol... Family es *familia - as I recall.

[@Joanla1954]

Ricky should try, "silent letter day" out. That's when we pronounce all the letters in words like: hour, knob, doorjamb, knew and so on. Or is that show on? Nah.....

[@esmeraldagems9487]

Ricky has a really good point here. But english isn't all confusing words. We use the same spelling for Love (omantic, platonic, family) We use same spelling for Sick, (cold/flu, fever, cancer, sick and tired) We also use same spelling for Hot (Hot stove, hot weather, hot foods) But I guess it would get confusing when you add some of the slangs like hot guy/hot girl, hot mess, hot car, hot goods. Or Celebrity fan vs ceiling fan. And stuff like that. But I think most languages have slangs and modern cultural stuff people add in all the time.

[@cathoderaytube7497]

English is a crazy language. People learning it as a second language must get really confused when learning those "ough" words.

[@user-ul3lx2sl1q]

You said it!

[@markmaki4460]

I have an Italian friend who is so fixated on "gh" in English that he routinely joins those consonants together when they are both in a word, even when they do not appear together... for example, he consistently spells "together" "togheter". I cannot help thinking he was traumatized in some way in the past by the English "gh".

[@dianemartinez7770]

Yes, it's all a good slant on trying to learn proper language commonalities between these two. Espanol es mi secondo language... con mi abuelo es M. Gonzales! I've a penchant to learn "mas"! ¿ Que es differente between Mexicano y Espanol de Espana? Are they subtle, or have a wide gap?

[@clarysl18]

El acento!!

[@Jade12ARGstars]

Haha this is so funny 🩷🩷🩷

[@christinebethencourt6197]

So trough…… !! Or should i say true !! 😂………

[@Winky_]

😂😂😂

[@kb27787]

Come to think of it: bough, through, dough, rough, cough all do not rhyme. Kansas and Arkansas do not rhyme either.

[@dianemartinez7770]

Even as I'm from a mix French=Dupuy, y Dumaine Espanol=Gonzales I find French mas difficle to Pronounce (though I've tried)- than Espanol. Which rolls mas easier off mi lingua! Which saddens me! Maybe because I live closer to Mexico in Texas! Everyone, Please Do Enjoy This New Year- Stay Hapoy n Healthy!