English is an evil language. If it wasn't, all Japanese people would speak fluent English upon graduating high school. After all, seven years of English study should be enough.
My students gave the following reasons why English is an evil language. I have followed each reason with a bit of history of the English language I learned in college. I should stress, however, that college was a long time ago and my memory may not be entirely accurate.
1. There are so many different accents in English. Can't you people decide on one accent and just stay with it?