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"Bruce" wrote in message
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> "Bruce" wrote in message
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> > 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.
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> 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!

No, they sound more like bird sounds. Impressive GD!

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