EPTUnbanned and finally something I like more than SC - Page 2
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slam
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Subversive
Australia2229 Posts
On March 31 2012 13:02 Count9 wrote: To be fair, he did say he gained an understanding on the process of learning a language. It's pretty hard to say you have a grasp on it when the only process was looking up stuff about a language and then giving up. It sounds like he studied the way languages are formed, possibly their history and a little bit about the cultures/history of the countries where these languages are spoken (or 'global undersanding' could mean, instead, current affairs). This is actually a field of study. Just because some of you haven't heard of it, doesn't invalidate either the academic discipline or his efforts, nor the discpline required to both study and give up something for a time either. Nice blog, wasn't expecting much at all from the title, but was pleasantly surprised  5/5.Edit: And for clarity, he didn't say he gained an understanding on the process of learning a language, he said he feels "like he understands the elements of human languages a whole lot better" and "more to just understand how they worked". Ergo he wasn't trying to learn new languages, he was studying a branch of linguistics. | ||
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FourFace
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OmniscientSC2
United States713 Posts
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ProxyKnoxy
United Kingdom2576 Posts
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Azera
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ImbaTosS
United Kingdom1736 Posts
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IamBach
United States1059 Posts
@Leo23 I wasn't really trying to learn any of the languages, as I said. I was really just interested in understanding how their grammar works and what it WOULD be like to learn one of them. It was fun, and it wasn't SC so that was an accomplishment for me. @TheToast Ya puedo hablar español y alemán. Sé que es muy dificil aprender una idioma pero gracias por los consejos. @TLeaf I actually thought Swedish and Norwegian were the easiest languages I studied. The pitch accents seem a bit tough to get the hang of (especially as their usage varies by dialect) but there is only about 130 strong verbs one needs to memorize to be able to conjugate flawlessly. The changing forms of the nouns for definite and indefinite are tough too but NOTHING compared with Icelandic. @Azera don't know exactly what you said. I know the first 2 mean "you know how to..." and I recognize the question word at the end so I am guessing something like "Do you know how to read Chinese?"  In that case, the answer is no. I only learned about 200 basic characters but I am not even sure if I remember all those :O@keioh French is a very nice language. The sexiest language IMHO(I find the Parisian "r" especially arousing when said by a female) The grammar and phonology, not terribly interesting but the literature is amazing! Probably second only to English in depth and expanse. Also, I love French impressionistic music and art. @OmniscientSC2 A native Georgian! I absolutely love everything to do with your country. My personal favorite language. @ImbaTosS Bach in Welsh? Hmm I have no idea. In German it is a sort of field. Do you speak Welsh? ɬ is my favorite sound but too hard to make it sound like a native. @Subversive Nice to know someone understood my message so well. | ||
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