Your friend sure is confused, IS NOT HE.
He may be confused, but more likely - in my assessment - his unconventional syntax arises of his not being a native English speaker.
Possible signs of dyslexia.
Actually, as I understand it, dyslexia tends to manifest itself in the scrambling of letters and syllables rather than the mixing-up of word orders. It is possible, and seen in some cases of dyslexia, but - again, as per my recollection, having read about it some time ago - that's among the less frequent ways it is clinically observed. On the other hand, I believe that this odd excerpt of your post...
...confused, is not he
...confused, is not he
...confused, is not he
...confused, is not he
...confused, is not he
...confused, is not he
...confused, is not he
...confused, is not he
...confused, is not he
...confused, is not he
...may indicate something as benign as gloating at Albert's unusual sentence structure, or as unfortunate as a manifestation of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). I'm not in any position to decide which it is, but I do think that mocking Albert for suffering one of the very few detractions that accompany being multilingual is at best a bit childish. At the very least, you should address that commentary to him, and not to me.
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