I may be betraying my Anglocentrism, but I believe that English is somewhat unusual in having developed from a more substantial fusion of distinct language (families) than is normal. In language history classes, they'll tell you

I've always found English grammar to be easy, but vocabulary and pronunciation more difficult

isn't that true for all languages?

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English is such a BS language. A bastardized amalgamation of other languages thrown into a pot with random syntax and contradictions.

OI WOT DAY ISSIT? EH R U SCHUPPID ITSA CHEWSDAY INNIT?

Pretty much, especially where I'm from. Thunder Bay has the most NHL players per capita of any place in the world.