Trolling ... I still speak a smattering of Spanish (My country was a colony of Spain for 300 years). Older relatives still curse in Spanish ...
My children watches Dora The Explorer ... Me and my wife are in China right now and struggling to understand Mandarin by using English as the bridge. I've been traveling to China for a decade now and I am happy to note that a lot more locals can communicate in English. This is more noticeable/advantageous when you're getting a taxi or buying food. ;) -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Björn Helgason Sent: Saturday, January 30, 2010 10:55 PM To: Chat forum Subject: Re: [Jchat] the things i dislike most about J According to this english is not in the top two. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_language "As of 2009, 329 million people speak Spanish as a native language. It is the second most spoken language in the world in terms of native speakers, after Mandarin Chinese." 2010/1/29 Dan Bron <[email protected]>: > The analogy we usually give is to Chinese. When I look at a Chinese > newspaper or sign, I certainly can divine no meaning. So yes, > to me, the symbols are meaningless. But over a billion people on this planet > live their whole lives using only Chinese, so > obviously it means something to them. And maybe that "something" is worth > the difficult challenge to learn Chinese (which is so > very different from English). Or maybe not. Depends on what your goals are. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
