On Sat, 24 Sep 2016 18:00:05 -0400, Dave Smith
> wrote:

>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.

All Greek to you. . . I spent a lot of time in NY Chinese
restaurants, only caught on to Fly Lice.