--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > That's a myth. They are all about equal difficulty as > far as learning goes, or else kids born in the languages > that are supposed to be easier would start speaking at > earlier ages, which of course they don't. (Of course, > the elitist response to that would be that they just have > dumber kids in those countries.)
I don't think it's a matter of dumb and dumber; some languages really are harder for a non-native speaker to learn because they are less internally consistent in terms of grammar and syntax and usage. According to many people I've met who, late in life, became multilingual in many languages, English was one of the toughest to master. > On Mar 5, 2006, at 1:55 PM, Nelson wrote: > > > You should be proud of yourself as even growing up with English, I > > would say it must be one of the more difficult ones to learn. > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/UlWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
