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>>>> If it's an entirely different language then why are half of English
>>>> words almost the same as German?
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>> ...and the other half are French :-)
>
> I'm sure at least three quarters are Latin. :-P
That's because three quarters of French is Latin!
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scott wrote:
>>>>> If it's an entirely different language then why are half of English
>>>>> words almost the same as German?
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>>> ...and the other half are French :-)
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>> I'm sure at least three quarters are Latin. :-P
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> That's because three quarters of French is Latin!
Or, more exactly, three quarters of all European languages are Latin. ;-)
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On 13/07/2010 10:36 AM, Invisible wrote:
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> I wonder which was bigger - the Roman empire or the British empire?
What were you taught in school?
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Best Regards,
Stephen
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>> I wonder which was bigger - the Roman empire or the British empire?
>
> What were you taught in school?
Long division, mainly.
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On 13/07/2010 11:14 AM, Invisible wrote:
>>> I wonder which was bigger - the Roman empire or the British empire?
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>> What were you taught in school?
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> Long division, mainly.
What about, reading, writing, history and geography?
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Best Regards,
Stephen
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Invisible wrote:
> (For
> French, it seems that the rule is, approximately, "ignore all consonants
> and just emit a series of slightly varying vowels".)
Gosh.
You really need listen more French...
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Vincent
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>> (For French, it seems that the rule is, approximately, "ignore all
>> consonants and just emit a series of slightly varying vowels".)
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> Gosh.
>
> You really need listen more French...
Only if you assert that being able to speak French is important. ;-)
(For example, "le roi est mort, vive le roi" appears to be rendered
approximately as "le wu e mo veev le wu". In other words, almost all the
consonants removed. Kind of like anti-unix or something...)
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Invisible <voi### [at] dev null> wrote:
> I say again: the pronounciation rules are entirely different. (For
> French, it seems that the rule is, approximately, "ignore all consonants
> and just emit a series of slightly varying vowels".)
In fact, most european languages have very well-defined and predictable
pronounciation rules. If you see an unfamiliar word, you might not know what it
means but you can always pronounce it correctly. The big exception? English.
Unless you know how a particular word is pronounced, it's often a toss-up.
(and he's right, you obviously haven't heard much spoken french if you're in any
way serious in your comment :)
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Bill Pragnell wrote:
> In fact, most european languages have very well-defined and predictable
> pronounciation rules. If you see an unfamiliar word, you might not know what it
> means but you can always pronounce it correctly.
So I hear. (Obviously I can't actually verify this.)
> The big exception? English.
> Unless you know how a particular word is pronounced, it's often a toss-up.
Yeah, that's because English is a random mixture of a dozen different
languages. ;-)
Incidentally, this is probably why I had so much trouble learning to
read and write. I kept expecting it to be logical, and it isn't. That
really upset me.
> (and he's right, you obviously haven't heard much spoken french if you're in any
> way serious in your comment :)
Oh, I'm not seriously suggesting that that's all you need to know to
speak French. ;-) It just seems that the French use a lot of consonants
that don't appear to do anything.
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Invisible <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
> Incidentally, this is probably why I had so much trouble learning to
> read and write. I kept expecting it to be logical, and it isn't. That
> really upset me.
I don't know if you've ever tried, but it sounds like you might find learning
another language easier than you think. Easier than english, perhaps!
> Oh, I'm not seriously suggesting that that's all you need to know to
> speak French. ;-) It just seems that the French use a lot of consonants
> that don't appear to do anything.
There are more silent consonants than in English. But the rules are simpler :)
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