begin quoting Bob La Quey as of Thu, Jun 28, 2007 at 10:12:00AM -0700: [snip] > 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
Interesting. > BobLQ "My problem with Spanish is a I do not hear it well." That was/is my problem with spanish. At one time, I was a fair reader and an okay writer of Spanish, but I found spoken spanish to be nigh incomprehensible. (I do not percieve any word-breaks in a "native speaker's" typical conversation.) -- When confronted with a non-native speaker, it helps to s l o w d o w n. Stewart Stremler -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-lpsg
