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Bruce[_28_]

In article >, says...
>
> On Sat, 24 Sep 2016 18:00:05 -0400, Dave Smith
> > wrote:
>
> >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.
>
> Much the same for me - I picked up Ukrainian and German when I was
> young from just from family and friend's conversations.
>
> >We were taught French in Gr
> >7 and 9 and then through high school.
>
> LOL... French. Oh dear. We had French classes in 1st year high school
> and I found it very difficult to learn - partly because I wasn't
> remotely interested and partly because our teacher was a nasty, highly
> unlikable bitch.

Hanging out with French girls during holidays is a good motivator.
>
> >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.
>
> I just realised there is one HUGE exception when it comes to Asian
> languages: Indonesian. It's an incredibly easy language to learn, I
> took Indonesian back in 1st year high school (there is a large
> Indonesian population in Darwin).

I like their plural. Person is orang and persons is orang orang. They
also have cool names. Who wouldn't want to be called Susilo Bambang
Yudhoyono?