--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Nelson"
> <nelsonriddle2001@> wrote:
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <no_reply@> wrote:
> > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine
> <salsunshine@>
> > > 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. :-)
> > >
> > +++ Maybe Romanisch?
>
> Actually, from what I've heard from linguists,
> Romany (Gypsy) has a great number of languages
> in its "family;" it has been described as a
> blend of many different languages. That's cer-
> tainly the way it sounds to me. But Basque
> remains linguistically pretty much a mystery;
> it doesn't seem to have any clear relationship
> to other languages on this rock.
>
+++ Atlantean expatriates? (only if you believe the premise)
Didn't remember the Basque language mystery- thanks. N.
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