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"Bruce" wrote in message
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In article >,
says...
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> 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.


It's also because English and German are related and even English and
French/Italian have a common ancestor language, but Asian languages are
unrelated to the European languages.

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My GD speaks Cantonese! There are no actual words that I can discern
Asian languages don't seem to use actual words!



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