If I wrote a textbook, it'd be called English is Mean.
As a teacher, parent, and ESOL tutor, I often told students, kids, and tutees (?!) that English is mean. Here are a few of my favorite examples.
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Tuesday, January 28, 2020
Ulster coat
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulster_coat
"While groping for his keys, a “slim youth in an ulster” slips past and says “Good-night, Mister Sherlock Holmes.” (“A Scandal in Bohemia”)."
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