On Friday 10 Jan 2003 12:03 am, Can Baytan wrote:
Lemme say few join the OT'ers,
Am EN speaking ppl is more understandable than En EN or Au EN speakers on
the street at least to me, eg. a scottish sounds likes a chinese to me.
Hey, the regions have problems understanding each other if the
On Friday 10 Jan 2003 4:33 am, Adolfo Bello wrote:
EN is most widelyeffectively speaking language of the world, Chinese is
another case.
I agree with widely, not with effectively.
Greeks and latin were the most widely effectively speaking languages
of the world, until the empires that
On Friday 10 Jan 2003 11:13 am, Vahur Lokk wrote:
On Friday 10 January 2003 12:47, you wrote:
On Friday 10 Jan 2003 12:03 am, Can Baytan wrote:
Hey, the regions have problems understanding each other if the accents
are really, strong. It happens in other countries, too. For instance, I
On Friday 10 January 2003 05:47 am, Anne Wilson wrote:
On Friday 10 Jan 2003 12:03 am, Can Baytan wrote:
Femme say few join the Others,
Am EN speaking ppl is more understandable than En EN or Au EN speakers on
the street at least to me, eg. a scottish sounds likes a chinese to me.
Hey,
h... so y'all is a genetic reality for the south, no matter
which south... laughing. btw, here in texas we use y'all too *g*
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From: et [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [newbie] Sort of OT - language
On Friday 10 January 2003 05:47 am, Anne Wilson
On Fri, Jan 10, 2003 at 05:01:10AM -0200, Ricardo Castanho de Oliveira Freitas wrote:
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Talking about cultures Do you know any other country with such a
multi-racial mix as Brazil?
In the USA, they live together but, apartthey don't mix like here!
This pluri-cultural background
On Fri, Jan 10, 2003 at 10:10:33AM -0500, et wrote:
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Cuba, from what I understand, is pretty multi-racial, too. Most other
Latin countries seem to have a clasismo like the US; there may be
Indian, African, and European, but they don't much mix and one can
pretty much guess the social
snip
Times move on. If I had my say Chinese would be an option for our kids in
school.
snip
Anne
I totally agree, Anne.
Having learnt Mandarin post university at the RAAF School of Languages Point
Cook, I would have found the whole process easier if I'd gone for the
language earlier.
On Friday 10 January 2003 10:50 am, Todd Slater wrote:
On Fri, Jan 10, 2003 at 10:10:33AM -0500, et wrote:
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Cuba, from what I understand, is pretty multi-racial, too. Most other
Latin countries seem to have a clasismo like the US; there may be
Indian, African, and European, but
Hello Adolfo,
Thursday, January 9, 2003, 9:42:44 PM, you wrote:
AB Is Joyce's Ulyses in other language as great as it is in english? I
AB don't think so.
AB Just a tought.
AB Adolfo
AB P.S: I propose that OT will be posted to the expert list. Newbie (like
AB me but I enjoy OTs) are mostly
I am often amazed at how many people who do not have English as a first
language tackle the job of discussing technical issues in English. So often
they apologise for their lack of command. Like most British people, I have
only a tiny grasp of a couple of European languages, and couldn't
I am often amazed at how many people who do not have English as a first
language tackle the job of discussing technical issues in English. So often
they apologise for their lack of command. Like most British people, I have
only a tiny grasp of a couple of European languages, and couldn't
and admiration...
and envy *g*.
joe
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From: Adolfo Bello [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: MDK Mandrake [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [newbie] Sort of OT - language
I am often amazed at how many people who do not have English
as a first
language tackle the job of discussing
On Thursday 09 January 2003 15:47, you wrote:
Agreed, Anne. Being American, I'm equally amazed that many who
speak something other than english as a primary language can
converse in english so much better than many who are raised with
it as their only language. Those who can - and do - show
Vahur Lokk wrote:
On Thursday 09 January 2003 15:47, you wrote:
Agreed, Anne. Being American, I'm equally amazed that many who
speak something other than english as a primary language can
converse in english so much better than many who are raised with
it as their only language. Those who can
Thats easy to explain - compared to other languages english has no grammar
whatsoever, thus being easy to learn for foreigners (who have already grammar
experience with their mother tongue) :)
Wahur
Is Joyce's Ulyses in other language as great as it is in english? I
don't think so.
final .02 worth.
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From: Vahur Lokk [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [newbie] Sort of OT - language
On Thursday 09 January 2003 15:47, you wrote:
Agreed, Anne. Being American, I'm equally amazed that many who
speak something other than english
On Thu, 2003-01-09 at 08:03, Vahur Lokk wrote:
Thats easy to explain - compared to other languages english has no grammar
whatsoever, thus being easy to learn for foreigners (who have already grammar
experience with their mother tongue) :)
Actually.. English is one of the HARDEST
On Thursday 09 January 2003 09:42 am, Adolfo Bello wrote:
Thats easy to explain - compared to other languages english has no
grammar whatsoever, thus being easy to learn for foreigners (who have
already grammar experience with their mother tongue) :)
Wahur
Is Joyce's Ulyses in other
On Thursday 09 Jan 2003 3:37 pm, Chuck Burns wrote:
On Thu, 2003-01-09 at 08:03, Vahur Lokk wrote:
Thats easy to explain - compared to other languages english has no
grammar whatsoever, thus being easy to learn for foreigners (who have
already grammar experience with their mother tongue)
On Thursday 09 Jan 2003 3:01 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
on the contrary, english does have grammer, syntax and a
recognized structure; it`s simply that wiht the vast mixture we
ahve from so many cultures, many don`t learn the proper way to
use english or they consciously revamp it, making
On Fri, 2003-01-10 at 00:47, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Agreed, Anne. Being American, I'm equally amazed that many who
speak something other than english as a primary language can
converse in english so much better than many who are raised with
it as their only language. Those who can - and do
On Fri, 2003-01-10 at 00:51, Robin Turner wrote:
Heh heh - I'll tell that to my students!
You've got students? Uh oh...
thus being easy to learn for foreigners (who have already grammar
experience with their mother tongue) :)
And frequently have gone through an education system
Lemme say few join the OT'ers,
Among En, Tr (Turkish), Ge, and Fr,
EN grammer is easiest, than TR-GE-FR (for the sake of argument: you don't have to know grammer well to speak any language, remember lil' kids learning mother tounge?)
EN vocabulary is bggest to learn. (the only bad point for
Can Baytan wrote:
Lemme say few join the OT'ers,
Among En, Tr (Turkish), Ge, and Fr,
EN grammer is easiest, than TR-GE-FR (for the sake of argument: you
don't have to know grammer well to speak any language, remember lil'
kids learning mother tounge?)
Learning Turkish grammar is easy - it's
On Thursday 09 January 2003 06:35 pm, Robin Turner wrote:
(ekoslovakyallatramadklardanmydnz?)
Sir Robin
Gesundheit. Or were you clearing your throat?
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Carroll Grigsby wrote:
On Thursday 09 January 2003 06:35 pm, Robin Turner wrote:
(ekoslovakyallatramadklardanmydnz?)
Sir Robin
Gesundheit. Or were you clearing your throat?
It's Turkish for Are you one of those who we were unable to turn into a
Czechoslovakian? And people think Lisp is
EN is most widelyeffectively speaking language of the world, Chinese is another
case.
I agree with widely, not with effectively.
Greeks and latin were the most widely effectively speaking languages
of the world, until the empires that spoke those languages fell down.
Adolfo
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On Qui 09 Jan 2003 15:40, Anne Wilson wrote:(down there!)
Just another view. From a Brazilian English Teacher.
English is a very easy language when compared to other Indo-European Language!
Of course, we have the multiple meaning set to a single word but, that happens
on other languages as
On Fri, 2003-01-10 at 18:01, Ricardo Castanho de Oliveira Freitas wrote:
On Qui 09 Jan 2003 15:40, Anne Wilson wrote:(down there!)
Just another view. From a Brazilian English Teacher.
English is a very easy language when compared to other Indo-European Language!
Of course, we have the
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