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swell_sailor
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Dec 12, 2010 - 12:47pm |
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kopak wrote: Well, plenty of languages with a different sound system are spoken throughout the world, so I couldn't write a list down (and annoy the others). What I can tell you is that English or French are rather poor compared to Swedish for instance. In some countries of Africa / Asia, people use words very differently ; by giving a same syllabic word several tones or stresses, they change the meaning of the word, which is very hard to understand for Europeans.
Now you've done it.
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kopak
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Dec 12, 2010 - 12:07pm |
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swell_sailor wrote: Can you tell me which languages these might be? I don't know the subject. I'm just curious, and I'm guessing you might know the answer. Well, plenty of languages with a different sound system are spoken throughout the world, so I couldn't write a list down (and annoy the others). What I can tell you is that English or French are rather poor compared to Swedish for instance. In some countries of Africa / Asia, people use words very differently ; by giving a same syllabic word several tones or stresses, they change the meaning of the word, which is very hard to understand for Europeans.
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swell_sailor
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Dec 12, 2010 - 11:57am |
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kopak wrote: Indeed. Indeed. Can you tell me which languages these might be? I don't know the subject. I'm just curious, and I'm guessing you might know the answer.
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kopak
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Dec 12, 2010 - 11:54am |
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swell_sailor wrote: So, miss smarty pants, which languages, theoretically, offer the greatest advantage when it comes to learning new languages, all other things being equal. This would be the language with the greatest variety of sounds, yes?
Teasing you with the smarty pants bit. Indeed. Indeed.
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swell_sailor
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Dec 12, 2010 - 11:53am |
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kopak wrote: It's a mere conspiracy against America. So, miss smarty pants, which languages, theoretically, offer the greatest advantage when it comes to learning new languages, all other things being equal. This would be the language with the greatest variety of sounds, yes? Teasing you with the smarty pants bit.
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kopak
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Dec 12, 2010 - 11:51am |
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swell_sailor wrote: I think winter has that covered.
Fortunately, it is Summertime on the other side of the planet. Soon.
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kopak
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Dec 12, 2010 - 11:46am |
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swell_sailor wrote: Huh? It's a mere conspiracy against America.
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swell_sailor
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Dec 12, 2010 - 11:44am |
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kopak wrote: There's an interesting theory about how babies acquire the capacity to produce words. To be short, it is said that every carpentillar has the ability to learn any language in the very beginning. It's like we sort sounds which are not used in the language we learn to speak. Because of our environment, we only keep a few necessary sounds. This theory can also explain why people whose tongue contains many sounds seem to be more gifted in learning languages. Though it would be too simple an explanation. Because of course, environment and education matter as well. Huh?
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kopak
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Dec 12, 2010 - 11:42am |
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swell_sailor wrote: These mistakes seem to be made less often by those whose native language is not english, which is why I suspect it has to do with how we learn language, and when.
But I'm just a stupid caterpenter pondering beyond what I probably should.
There's an interesting theory about how babies acquire the capacity to produce words. To be short, it is said that every carpentillar has the ability to learn any language in the very beginning. It's like we sort sounds which are not used in the language we learn to speak. Because of our environment, we only keep a few necessary sounds. This theory can also explain why people whose tongue contains many sounds seem to be more gifted in learning languages. Though it would be too simple an explanation. Because of course, environment and education matter as well.
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swell_sailor
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Dec 12, 2010 - 11:35am |
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kopak wrote: If they are, then you might be VV's alt. I think winter has that covered.
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swell_sailor
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Dec 12, 2010 - 11:32am |
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kopak wrote: Don't tempt me please, I have very little time. These mistakes seem to be made less often by those whose native language is not english, which is why I suspect it has to do with how we learn language, and when. But I'm just a stupid caterpenter pondering beyond what I probably should.
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kopak
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Dec 12, 2010 - 11:29am |
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swell_sailor wrote:Why are of and have, and then and than, so confusing to the online community?
Example:
"I must of seen it differently then you."
Is it because we learn language by hearing it long before we learn to write it?
Don't tempt me please, I have very little time.
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kopak
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Dec 12, 2010 - 11:29am |
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swell_sailor wrote:Are Mumford and Sons, Fleet Foxes, and The Great Lake Swimmers the same band?
If they are, then you might be VV's alt.
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swell_sailor
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Dec 12, 2010 - 11:22am |
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Why are of and have, and then and than, so confusing to the online community?
Example:
"I must of seen it differently then you."
Is it because we learn language by hearing it long before we learn to write it?
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swell_sailor
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Dec 12, 2010 - 10:13am |
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Are Mumford and Sons, Fleet Foxes, and The Great Lake Swimmers the same band?
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swell_sailor
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Dec 11, 2010 - 8:38am |
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GeneP59 wrote:Do I really have to go to the junkyard? Not if you don't find the crescent wrench.
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swell_sailor
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Dec 11, 2010 - 8:37am |
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GeneP59 wrote:Where is my crescent wrench.......... I don't know. ........ and where am I going? To look for the crescent wrench?
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GeneP59
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Dec 11, 2010 - 8:37am |
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Do I really have to go to the junkyard?
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kopak
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Dec 11, 2010 - 8:34am |
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GeneP59 wrote:Where is my crescent wrench and where am I going? In your tool box. To the left.
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GeneP59
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Dec 11, 2010 - 8:32am |
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Where is my crescent wrench and where am I going?
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