Hello josh,
on 29-Apr-00 you wrote :
� It's a reminder to us native English-speakers of how brilliant
� you Germans, Swedes, French, Dutch etc are at communicating in
� what is for you a second language. It wasn't until I saw your
� German that it dawned on me that you WEREN'T English. Even your
� unnecessary apology is written with a flawless English accent,
� if you get what I mean!
Many thanks.
So what conclusion do we draw?
*Learn foreign languages!*
Because that's the best part of the 'globalization'.
IMHO it would be very pityful if this process would
lead to an uni-languaged world where English would
displace all the other languages.
IMHO one more advantage of learning foreign languages
is that you get in contact with the different cultures,
learn more about the foreign history and society,
gain more understanding for the attitudes and
thinking of other people,....
� (Ik zou ook willen bewijzen dat een engelsman soms in een
� vreemde taal kan schrijven Maar ik ben zeker dat het heel ver
� van perfekt is, hoor.) <- My attempt at writing in a second
� language ;->
Well, fine.
But I must admit that my skills in Dutch are not very trained,
reading is fine, understanding while listening is bad,
speaking nearly impossible. But the reason for this
mainly is that I haven't had the need to do so, until now.
Well, have a nice weekend.
Regards
NR
PS. The langugae I love the most, besides German,
is French, it's a real pleasure...
[Not meant as an offence against other languages!]
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