Topic: Reasons why the English language is so hard to learn:
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Sat 03/20/10 10:50 AM

John111, great post. Mind if I steal that line about hard just being a longer learning curve ... ?



Not at all Kingsdrinker

I know what you mean about some languages not jiving

I'm fluent in French so I figured how hard is Spanish gonna be? For me it was messed up... They are 2 languages that should jive together.... Not for me thoohwell

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Sat 03/20/10 10:56 AM
Edited by Kings_Knight on Sat 03/20/10 10:57 AM
Funny thing is, my Dad tried teaching all three of us kids Cajun French and we didn't bother to learn - figured we'd never need to know it. Well, years later, when I was selling in the River Parishes of LA where Cajun French is spoken, it woulda come in mighty handy ... except in those communities that speak a dialect that doesn't use the letter 'R' - which means that something like 'gumbo aux herbes' becomes (pron.) 'gumbo zebs' ('gumbo z'hebes) ... It was such a bummer when college wouldn't let me take more than one linguistics course 'cuz I wasn't a 'language' major ...

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Sat 03/20/10 11:04 AM

I can completely understand why people have a hard time with it, especially if it's a second language.



To be Real here,,THIS has been my life of THINKING ENGLISH IS INSANE,,,,why can't WE as a reader KNOW the justified placement of HOW the writer MEANTIT to be expressed?
Like YOU 2,,,,us 2 we always come in 2's
I am the only 1.
those 1's are for keeping...

NOW we could just simplify like THAT,,,,,but then people just go spastic....laugh

Arkansas----------should be ASSS it sounds when looking,,,OR

THEY should have spelled it Arkansaw......:angry: grumble

MANY words THAT I TRY and sound out in-order to spell themproperly,,is IMPOSSIBLE to DO,,,,,IF it has SILENT LETTERS IN IT!
So,,learning these skills late in my life and my sense of reasoning through life spent here,,,makes UNDERSTANDING IT,,,POINT-LESS as IT HAS NONE TO ME..laugh laugh laugh laugh

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Sat 03/20/10 11:07 AM
And I speak fluent perv!!! Took years to master but i have it down!!!bigsmile :banana:

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Sat 03/20/10 11:14 AM

And I speak fluent perv!!! Took years to master but i have it down!!!bigsmile :banana:
COOL,,!!!!laugh laugh laugh

DUDE,,I know, Street Gutter White Trash!!!


WE should do a book together,,laugh laugh laugh laugh

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Sat 03/20/10 11:15 AM

Funny thing is, my Dad tried teaching all three of us kids Cajun French and we didn't bother to learn - figured we'd never need to know it. Well, years later, when I was selling in the River Parishes of LA where Cajun French is spoken, it woulda come in mighty handy ... except in those communities that speak a dialect that doesn't use the letter 'R' - which means that something like 'gumbo aux herbes' becomes (pron.) 'gumbo zebs' ('gumbo z'hebes) ... It was such a bummer when college wouldn't let me take more than one linguistics course 'cuz I wasn't a 'language' major ...


Cajun French is almost solely derived from Acadian French...

Maritime Canadian provinces speak Acadian.... Funny enough, I need to ask them to slow down because I have absolutely no clue what they are saying LOL

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Sat 03/20/10 11:17 AM
Having stayed there a month and beginning to learn the language, I can attest that Finnish was off~the~hook difficult!

I often wondered how high it placed on the difficulty scale. That was excellent info JOHNN111, TY!

Sidebar: I speak excellent 'southan drawl'. When I was about 9, we went to Alabama. Could scarcely inderstand them, it was as if we'd landed on another planet ... :laughing:

shocked ... Or 3rd world country, more like. Schpooky!

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Sat 03/20/10 01:16 PM

Having stayed there a month and beginning to learn the language, I can attest that Finnish was off~the~hook difficult!

I often wondered how high it placed on the difficulty scale. That was excellent info JOHNN111, TY!

Sidebar: I speak excellent 'southan drawl'. When I was about 9, we went to Alabama. Could scarcely inderstand them, it was as if we'd landed on another planet ... :laughing:

shocked ... Or 3rd world country, more like. Schpooky!


ya speak gooder Orstraylyan too mate! tongue2

I like the drawly, "y'all" you have embedded in your dialogue....just don't call me ma'am...or I will fall off my chair laughing!rofl

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Sat 03/20/10 01:20 PM
(((Jess))) will you find me a hawt Aussie man? The "Thunder from Down Under" boys wouldn't come home with Tara and I... All we wanted was for them to talk to us... drool

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Sat 03/20/10 01:21 PM
No matter what language or culture I've lived w/ and attempted to blend in through the mastering of 'their tongue' ...

scared ... My "Ya'll" pops up like a nightmare overtakin' ...

It is as if entrenched, ain't goin' nowhere any time soon or late ...

I've always ruminated that had I been a spy during the coldwar, planted deep in Germany or Russia?

I'd have been shot the 1st day for droppin' so many "Y'all" bombs ... laugh

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Sat 03/20/10 01:23 PM

(((Jess))) will you find me a hawt Aussie man? The "Thunder from Down Under" boys wouldn't come home with Tara and I... All we wanted was for them to talk to us... drool



Joy, love....they are thick on the ground here, lovely...take your pick!


Hahahaha the Thunder from Down Under guys??? OMG!!! that's done it!!!am gonna wake up the whole backpackers laughing if you keep this up!noway rofl

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Sat 03/20/10 01:28 PM


(((Jess))) will you find me a hawt Aussie man? The "Thunder from Down Under" boys wouldn't come home with Tara and I... All we wanted was for them to talk to us... drool



Joy, love....they are thick on the ground here, lovely...take your pick!


Hahahaha the Thunder from Down Under guys??? OMG!!! that's done it!!!am gonna wake up the whole backpackers laughing if you keep this up!noway rofl


laugh laugh laugh laugh I have pics to prove it Jess!!!

I'll send you a pic of a few of my favorites, I am on their laps so it's not difficult (typed "hard" but thought better of it... LOL)...

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Sat 03/20/10 01:28 PM



(((Jess))) will you find me a hawt Aussie man? The "Thunder from Down Under" boys wouldn't come home with Tara and I... All we wanted was for them to talk to us... drool



Joy, love....they are thick on the ground here, lovely...take your pick!


Hahahaha the Thunder from Down Under guys??? OMG!!! that's done it!!!am gonna wake up the whole backpackers laughing if you keep this up!noway rofl


laugh laugh laugh laugh I have pics to prove it Jess!!!

I'll send you a pic of a few of my favorites, I am on their laps so it's not difficult (typed "hard" but thought better of it... LOL)...



surprised


h...h...h...h...ard????



rofl

:heart:

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Sat 03/20/10 01:29 PM
bigsmile blushing laugh

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Sat 03/20/10 01:29 PM



(((Jess))) will you find me a hawt Aussie man? The "Thunder from Down Under" boys wouldn't come home with Tara and I... All we wanted was for them to talk to us... drool



Joy, love....they are thick on the ground here, lovely...take your pick!


Hahahaha the Thunder from Down Under guys??? OMG!!! that's done it!!!am gonna wake up the whole backpackers laughing if you keep this up!noway rofl


laugh laugh laugh laugh I have pics to prove it Jess!!!

I'll send you a pic of a few of my favorites, I am on their laps so it's not difficult (typed "hard" but thought better of it... LOL)...



Well, the OP did say English is SO HARD ... pitchfork ... Who knew ...

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Sat 03/20/10 01:31 PM
hummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.................




tongue2 pitchfork



:laughing:

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Sat 03/20/10 01:33 PM
Damn it, it is hard... apparently... laugh laugh


She's so gonna kill me... :angel:

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Sat 03/20/10 01:35 PM
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Sat 03/20/10 01:37 PM

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No stay, while it is SO HARD ... :banana:


pitchfork pitchfork pitchfork ... Our lil partay is just beginnin' ... bigsmile


... :angel: :angel: :angel: -----> All whistlin' while they WORK!

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Sat 03/20/10 01:38 PM


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No stay, while it is SO HARD ... :banana:


pitchfork pitchfork pitchfork ... Our lil partay is just beginnin' ... bigsmile


... :angel: :angel: :angel: -----> All whistlin' while they WORK!



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