the plural of info is info
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Trotterwatch
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Thanks for the infos 
Spelling is notoriously bad in this gathering of big and small minds, and it is getting worse. From the back of my hand I call recall a small number of posts written by different people who obviously deserves a rundown, preberdly by someone well hung...
Since English is considered by most people, including me, to be the universal language we should all take use of it, when all other languages, native tougue is not counted for, fail to make a point, English clearly provens itself, it is easily learned, easily spoken and less but not last, easily written.
/me slaps people who have made bad spelling a habit, a bad one I might add
Since English is considered by most people, including me, to be the universal language we should all take use of it, when all other languages, native tougue is not counted for, fail to make a point, English clearly provens itself, it is easily learned, easily spoken and less but not last, easily written.
/me slaps people who have made bad spelling a habit, a bad one I might add
Raging Fuel
The jumbles man, the jumbles
Remote said:
Easily learnt? English would have to be one of the most difficult languages to learn, because it is just so damn inconsistent.
Raging Fuel said:
You are right and wrong, gramatically and fonetically english is easy to learn in the same way Super Mario Brothers for NES is easily beaten. You may not do it the first times but when you get a hang of you can do it with little or no trouble over and over again.
Chineese and russian are far more complex languages both fonetically and gramatically. African languages are also harder to learn, eventhough the colonial age has left it´s tracks on their language, where french and english has had the largest impact.
Inconsistienceses? Perhaps an example or two could point me in the right direction...
Remote said:
Whoever told you Russian is more complex than, say, French or Italian, didn't know what they're talking about. Can't vouch for Chinese, though
Inconsistencies. Hmm. Read the preface to GBS's Pygmalion. Have a good laugh. (for the illiterate: My Fair Lady is _not_ adequate
)Regards,
hotshitu
who prides himself on reading 11 Western languages, 6 of which he speaks fluently, tho none perfectly
Raging Fuel
The jumbles man, the jumbles
Inconsistencies? Well this may not be the best example because I just pulled these out of my head, but take the words bough, thorough and through. You would assume they all sound the same because they end with the same suffix. What about spelling 'ei' or 'ie' in a word. Most that speak english have probably heard the little rhyme ''I' before 'E', except after 'C''. Well what about weight? (There are more, just can't think of them off the top of my head)
