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- Thu Aug 10, 2006 4:35 pm
- Forum: Languages of the World
- Topic: Purifying Persian
- Replies: 56
- Views: 251746
Don't be silly. Obviously, English continues to export words by the boatload, but look around and see how many people are sitting on the lanai drinking a mocha and doing a sudoku puzzle. Besides, I think the era in which English sucked up foreign words is pretty much over. English is exporting many ...
- Thu Aug 10, 2006 4:18 pm
- Forum: The Rebel-Yankee Test
- Topic: Advanced Rebel-Yankee Test
- Replies: 47
- Views: 216888
- Thu May 25, 2006 3:15 pm
- Forum: Languages of the World
- Topic: Learning languages - verbal vs. written
- Replies: 12
- Views: 38847
Written vs. spoken language
Of course I can pronounce new words (and am quite good at names), but there are many words that I know and understand the meaning of from reading, but have never had the occasion to pronounce (and I never think about the pronounciation). Sometimes if I have to read out loud I am embarrassed to prono...
- Wed May 24, 2006 6:39 pm
- Forum: Languages of the World
- Topic: Learning languages - verbal vs. written
- Replies: 12
- Views: 38847
Written vs. spoken language
Hey, you're right. Somehow I overlooked the fact that not all written languages are phonetic. Now I need to go find a Chinese speaker/reader...
- Wed May 24, 2006 5:07 pm
- Forum: Languages of the World
- Topic: Learning languages - verbal vs. written
- Replies: 12
- Views: 38847
Learning languages - verbal vs. written
Does anyone have any good ideas or other references about how people learn written languages? I'm a native English speaker and could read fluently at the age of 3 or 4. I've always maintained that I acquired written English as a primary language - not by sounding out words and relating the text to s...