On 2016-09-24 4:08 PM, Je�us wrote:
> On Sat, 24 Sep 2016 09:26:11 +1000, Bruce >

>> I don't know. All languages are an illogical mess with as many rules as
>> exceptions. I guess because they grow organically over time, not
>> according to any plan.
>
> Indeed. Asian languages sound most alien to me, I'm more comfortable
> with German and Russian/Ukrainian, but only because of my family
> background.


I grew up in a WASP environment. Then I had a friend who was German and
spent a lot of time in his house and German was the most commonly spoken
language in his family. I picked up some from hanging out there and
took German for a few years in high school. We were taught French in Gr
7 and 9 and then through high school. When travelling in Europe I could
get by in France and Germany. English and German made it possible to get
by with Danish and Dutch. Italian was a little more of a struggle.
Asian languages?? They make no sense to me at all.