--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
wrote:
>
> And I've heard the same about a dozen other languages too, 
> including French, Spanish, German, etc.
> 
> Ethnocentricity, Barry.  Because *we* speak it, it msut be 
> the hardest to learn.  (Psst--lots of others pretty much 
> feel the same way.)

Hey, I'm still struggling with French, and French is
*much* more internally consistent (and thus easier
to learn) than is English. English is all over the 
map; at least French *mainly* makes sense. Except
for the gender of nouns thang, that is. 

> It helps when learning a language, if you grew up in 
> one or already learned one that was similar. Then the 
> others in that group most likely would be easier.

Good luck learning Basque. It doesn't *have* a 
group.  :-)







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