Date: Mon, 17 Nov 1997 16:18:19 +0100 (MET) From: Marco Molteni <molter@logic.it> To: Annelise Anderson <andrsn@andrsn.stanford.edu> Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: The Language Barrier [Was: Could FreeBSD be ...] Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971117160131.1262A-100000@dumbwinter.logic.it> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971117002710.5225A-100000@andrsn.stanford.edu>
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On Mon, 17 Nov 1997, Annelise Anderson wrote:
> It's useful for people to agree on what they're going to use
> as a second language. Although English is difficult in some
> respects, it's also easier than some languages in terms of
> understanding the spoken language (easier than French, for
> example);
Well, I'm italian. I started learning english as a lingua franca,
both for travelling and for technical/scientific books. Suddenly,
I fell in love with it. I do like english. So clear, so concise, so
self-evolving. No special grammar rules compared to languages as italian.
But, Annelise, the point that spoken english is easier to understand
than french, well, is at least relative. For latin people like me,
french, or better yet spanish, sound "naturally" familiar.
> Spelling, of course, is difficult. Verbs must be a nightmare.
Strange, isn't it? I, as a non-native english speaker, find english
spelling pretty simple! Also, I heard that in the USA you take something
like "spelling contests" in the schools. Sounds really strange to me.
Regarding the verbs, you should have a look at french, or italian, or
german ;-)
Cheers
Marco Molteni
Computer Science student at the Universita' degli studi di Milano, Italy.
"Whuffo you jump out of them airplanes?"
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