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Be aware that not every song's lyrics are grammatically correct, not every singer's pronunciation is standard. | Be aware that not every song's lyrics are grammatically correct, not every singer's pronunciation is standard. | ||
== | == Irregular Rules == | ||
There may be irregular rules in a language, which takes much time to be mastered but can be avoided in other languages. In fact, when parents are teaching their children, it is also annoying for both of them, until the children get used to it. | There may be irregular rules in a language, which takes much time to be mastered but can be avoided in other languages. This makes learners upset. In fact, when parents are teaching their children, it is also annoying for both of them, until the children get used to it. This is indeed a tragedy of the human. Kind of institutionalisation. | ||
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Patrick: My brother Gerry's had word from Ray Boccino, his Italian contact, about a big shipment coming in near the fish market. The triads are expecting something and it smells fishy. | |||
Niko: The fish market smells fishy? | |||
Patrick: Shit, man. I keep forgetting you're not from here. Something smellin' fishy means that it ain't quite right. So, this shipment smellin' fishy means that it ain't gonna be what they say it is. | |||
Niko: But, if it's going to the fish market they must be saying that it's fish. | |||
Patrick: So? | |||
Niko: So if this shipment is what they say it is, then it's going to smell fishy anyway. | |||
– ''Grand Theft Auto IV'' | |||
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== Reality == | == Reality == |