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We'd really like to take this time to recognize all the bilinguals, polyglots and people who are just trying to learn another language. Anyone who's studied a foreign language knows that it's extremely frustrating, to say the least - especially when you think you know a lot and then get totally destroyed by a native speaker! It's humbling as hell, but just keep pushing through. You got this!

A good, solid knowledge of grammar is important for anyone who wants to get their point across in an intelligent manner. But we all know those grammar snobs who just love to use the good old ad hominem fallacy - that is, attacking a grammatical mistake that is completely irrelevant to the argument at hand. 

Click here if you're in the mood to feel even more irritated with the English language!

Let's just get this out of the way: English is a terrible language that makes no g*ddamn sense. If you're currently trying to learn it, then all we can say is, godspeed to you and we hope that these memes will help to make you feel a little more understood in the struggle.

Bored with calling everyday objects by their bland and common names? You might enjoy these weird but absolutely accurate alternatives. We may not need these quirky edits but we're kind of losing it, so why not spice it up? 

The following pics of British town road signs won't make it very far past people who have the sense of humor of a 12-year-old. So, anyone reading this, basically. And after you're done scrolling through these, click here for some roasty British memes!

Twitter is an incredible goldmine of entertainment. We love sharing the seemingly endless supply of amusing tidbits that users pump out every day. But there will always be a special place in our hearts for the near-indecipherable humor of Scottish Twitter. These tweets may take a few reads for you to understand, but they're jam-packed with irony, sarcasm, and top-notch observational humor. The phonetic brogue just makes 'em even better.

These colors don't run but they do make for some pretty hysterical memeage.

Laughing at other people's misfortunes isn't nice, but we'll let that slide with these misspelled words, which made the context that much more hilarious. You can find more ridiculous misspellings at /r/BoneAppleTea!

Learning a language is hard enough as is without factoring in all of the colloquialisms that aren't natural for a non-native speaker. The following posts make fun of translations from English into other languages, but let's not forget how ridiculous English is; you gotta admit that "frog's umbrella" makes a lot more sense than "mushroom"...

The internet is never shy about showing its love for the likes of Keanu, Danny DeVito, or Tom Hanks - but why are we not showing more appreciation for Rowan Atkinson, AKA Mr. Bean? We were perplexed by this, so we decided to throw together a few memes in honor of one of our all-time favorites!

These tweets will only fully make sense to our British audience, but we're willing to bet non-Brits will get a confused kick out of them too. If you're not sure what "limeys" means, it's a slang term for the British that originated in the 1850s in reference to the British sailors who would consume citrus fruits to prevent scurvy. The more you know!

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