On 6/28/07, Bob La Quey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On 6/28/07, Stewart Stremler < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Your attitude is the one that I find arrogant. Learn the language > first > > then render an opinion on a style. > > In other words, "drink the koolaid". Bah. Nobody is saying that except you. I am saying that it is simply silly to comment on a language you do not understand. "Spanish is bad! They use funny words I do not understand. They put the adjectives in the wrong place. I won't drink that koolaid." "Chinese is very bad. They don't even have an alphabet. How can you even think without an alphabet? I won't drink that koolaid." Heaven forbid we should reserve judgement until we know something. BobLQ "nuff said."
OK, I take it back. There is more to be said :) The real issues are IMHO cognitive and may well get wired pretty early on (Mother Duck Syndrome.) For an example see http://www.newscientist.com/channel/being-human/dn10689-what-you-speak-may-affect-what-you-hear.html BobLQ "My problem with Spanish is a I do not hear it well." -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-lpsg
