--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Nelson" > <nelsonriddle2001@> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > Based on my experience, Russian is probably a far > > > easier language to learn than English. Talk about > > > consistent...once you've learned the alphabet > > > (which is just Greek with a few extra letters) > > > and the basic verb endings and inflected noun > > > endings, it's pretty much a snap. Or was. It > > > was a long time ago that I studied Russian. > > > > > +++ Would you think that one learning Russian could eventually > > pronounce it well enough to pass as a native? > > I think it would be very, very difficult indeed > for a non-native speaker to speak Russian so well > as to be mistaken for a native speaker. > > > One person that I met (Polish native) said there were > > some words in their language that would seperate non natives > > from natives. N. > > There are some words in Russian that, when spoken > *by* natives, would bag people as being from a > certain province, and having grown up there in > a certain era. Same in French. I assume that the > same was true about American English at one point. > but much of that has been worn away by how much > Americans move around from state to state. >
I remember seeing a TV program many years ago where authorities (I think they were police) could identify where a person was from by having them read a paragraph that had key words in it that by the way the people pronounced each word could pinpoint where the speaker was from. I can't remember whether it was because the speaker was reluctant to say where they were from or whether the speaker had amnesia. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/UlWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
