I had a German teacher in college (who's first language wasn't English or even German...it was Arabic! I also had a Swiss Latin teacher who fluently spoke somewhere near 7 or 8 languages...I can barely handle English--my *first* language--on a daily basis! :) ) mention that English was one of the hardest languages to learn mostly because we have words that are spelled the same but mean different things and are pronounced differently depending on context! Ie. I *live* in Houston. The carton of worms said "*Live* insects." Just thought this was an interesting observation! :)
Jen ----- Original Message ----- From: Del Daniels <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wednesday, December 8, 2004 10:52 am Subject: Re: Spanish > Well, I read some okay if I know the subject ... speak some broken > ... and if you speak it to me I have brain freeze. I have heard > said that a touch of wine first will loosen the inhibitions and we > learn another language better that way. I never trried that. > Those of us who have attempted to or learned another language have > more understanding of those trying to learn English ...which has > to be much more difficult than learning Spanish. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 2004 9:33 AM > Subject: Spanish > > > Well, I hate to say this but I flunked Spanish when I was in > high school. I didn't even last the semester because I couldn't > teach my tongue to do new tricks. So I switch to another class to > keep myself from becoming a blooming idiot. > Can understand some but no speaking it. > > In a message dated 12/8/2004 5:38:55 AM Pacific Standard Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > P.S. I am amazed by how many people on this list speak Spanish! > That is so > awesome! > > > Terrie Mohr > > Check site for available Siameses for adoption! > More will be posted soon. > > http://www.tazzys-siameses-collies.petfinder.org/ > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wasiameserescue > > http://siamese.meetup.com/38/ > This is for those of you in WA. state and would like to attend. > > http://hometown.aol.com/tatorbunz/index.html > > http://hometown.aol.com/tatorbunz/myhomepage/petmemorial.html > > TAZZY'S ANIMAL TRANSPORTS > SIAMESE & COLLIE RESCUE > Owner/Driver > > > > Petfinder.com > Adopt a Homeless Pet! > > http://www.petfinder.com/ > > > > > http://www.awca.net/index.htm > http://www.felineleukemia.org/ > http://www.petloss.com/ > http://www.meezer.com/ > > http://thesiamesestore.com/ > > http://tx.siameserescue.org/adopt.html > > > >
