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| Snesgamer Groupie Afghanistan Joined 6611 days ago 81 posts - 90 votes  Studies: English*, German, Spanish, Norwegian, Scottish Gaelic | Message 49 of 100 29 December 2009 at 3:40am | IP Logged | |||||
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I've known many people to confuse Dutch and German (most likely due to German being called "Deutsch" in its own language).
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| Alvinho Triglot Senior Member Brazil Joined 6234 days ago 828 posts - 832 votes Speaks: Portuguese*, English, Spanish | Message 50 of 100 30 December 2009 at 5:40pm | IP Logged | |||||
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The worst misconception is still to think that any language is useful if you end up earning lots of money.
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| Sennin Senior Member Bulgaria Joined 6034 days ago 1457 posts - 1759 votes 5 sounds | Message 51 of 100 30 December 2009 at 6:37pm | IP Logged | |||||
... or Dutch and Danish :D. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| adrian Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5486 days ago 8 posts - 11 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French, Polish, German | Message 52 of 100 30 December 2009 at 9:35pm | IP Logged | |||||
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3 ones I have heard:
"Galician is a Celtic language" "English comes from Latin" "There is no similarity between Polish and Russian" 2 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| elvisrules Tetraglot Senior Member BelgiumRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5469 days ago 286 posts - 390 votes Speaks: French, English*, Dutch, Flemish Studies: Lowland Scots, Japanese, German | Message 53 of 100 30 December 2009 at 10:45pm | IP Logged | |||||
I've heard this one too...
I've also been told that English is a Romance language... ~_~ 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| John Smith Bilingual Triglot Senior Member Australia Joined 6042 days ago 396 posts - 542 votes Speaks: English*, Czech*, Spanish Studies: German | Message 54 of 100 05 February 2010 at 6:09pm | IP Logged | |||||
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Native English speakers often think that English is the world's hardest language. Actually, just realised this is a widely held belief by many people around the world. Most native speakers tend to think their language is extremely difficult.
I was once told by my Spanish teacher that Spanish is a very hard language because it has many words for love whereas English only has one. Also, I got aksed whether Italian and Greek are the same language once. lol. Edited by John Smith on 05 February 2010 at 6:12pm 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| tractor Tetraglot Senior Member Norway Joined 5453 days ago 1349 posts - 2292 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, English, Spanish, Catalan Studies: French, German, Latin | Message 55 of 100 05 February 2010 at 8:18pm | IP Logged | |||||
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Basque is related to X.
X could be any language that is not closely related to Spanish: Finnish, Welsh, Korean, Janpanese... 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Sennin Senior Member Bulgaria Joined 6034 days ago 1457 posts - 1759 votes 5 sounds | Message 56 of 100 05 February 2010 at 8:21pm | IP Logged | |||||
Actually, in my experience many native speakers think that English is a very easy language; But I suppose some think the opposite too. In reality it is nether too hard nor too difficult - pretty average for an Indo-European language. Verbs are simple (like in Nordic languages) but the language makes up for it with the difficult pronunciation, many dialects (especially BE), irregular spelling, phrasal verbs and other niceties.
IMO, a joke perhaps. Edited by Sennin on 05 February 2010 at 8:24pm 1 person has voted this message useful |
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