... Bondie! Por li quotidian usu, u on besona solmen quelc témpores simplic quam li present, li passat composit o li futura proxim, un orthographia phonetic...
57144
steve rice
ansric@...
Feb 1, 2009 5:05 pm
... I'm not sure whether this objection arises from an inability to read or to think. Perhaps both. Or maybe it's just ignorance. Let's find out. 1....
57145
Matthew Barnett
mrabarnett@...
Feb 1, 2009 6:48 pm
... France was an absolutist monarchy. ... The US was founded on principles of liberty, yet the British Empire from which the US gained independence abolished...
57146
Olivier Simon
cafaristeir@...
Feb 1, 2009 7:46 pm
... occurred at nearly the same time with markedly different results. It was anti- religious and led to terror and barbarism, so that it had to be overthrown ...
57147
<deinx nxtxr>
deinx.nxtxr@...
Feb 1, 2009 9:38 pm
... This was true 20 years ago when I went through Germany. The language of the streets is definitely German, but you can expect just about everyone to know ...
57148
<deinx nxtxr>
deinx.nxtxr@...
Feb 1, 2009 9:49 pm
... Nothing's completely lost, but in this case the chances are miniscule. It's not fair to say that people won't master English. As time progresses, newer ...
57149
<deinx nxtxr>
deinx.nxtxr@...
Feb 1, 2009 10:01 pm
... The only activity I saw recently on the Sona list was spam, so I unsubscribed myself from the group as I do with any group that where the moderator doesn't...
57150
<deinx nxtxr>
deinx.nxtxr@...
Feb 1, 2009 10:05 pm
... Except when I went to the carousel this morning and found my bag wasn't there. On previous vacations I've always tried to just bring a carry-on bag so I...
57151
<deinx nxtxr>
deinx.nxtxr@...
Feb 1, 2009 10:22 pm
... The other part of Chinese is a highly-unfriendly phonology. A language like Indonesian has isolating structures much like Chinese, but also has a much more...
57152
steve rice
ansric@...
Feb 1, 2009 11:18 pm
I'd like to apologize for being rude, here. I have a rather painful job-related injury, and I'm grouchier than usual, if anyone can tell the difference. ... I...
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steve rice
ansric@...
Feb 1, 2009 11:18 pm
... And they liberated a lot of captive heads from shoulders, regardless of guilt. Let's not forget that. It's a lot easier to declare freedom for people...
57154
Paul Bartlett
bartlett@...
Feb 1, 2009 11:56 pm
... Actually, there has been a lot of non-spam activity in recent on weeks on the Sona list at Yahoo. Although some seemingly spammer userids have been...
57155
Jens Wilkinson
jenswilkinson@...
Feb 2, 2009 1:38 am
... I really don't agree that "structure trumps vocabulary." I think that in learning a language, the vocabulary is the most difficult task, and that is...
57156
steve rice
ansric@...
Feb 2, 2009 2:42 am
... The usual pattern with the Sona group is a lot of activity in spurts followed by long lulls. I'd like to keep some constant activity there, even if it...
57157
MacLeod Dave
mithradates@...
Feb 2, 2009 3:13 am
... Haven't you ever noticed though that with a language like French there's always something subtle that makes the vocabulary just a bit more difficult to pin...
57158
<deinx nxtxr>
deinx.nxtxr@...
Feb 2, 2009 3:33 am
... The groups I own (currently all on Yahoo) require moderator approval so nobody is able to post until I approve their subscribtion. Bots tend to have...
57159
steve rice
ansric@...
Feb 2, 2009 3:51 am
... Part of the problem is arguing from extremes. Another part is regularity: if another language has a simple, consistent structure, even if it's very...
57160
Jens Wilkinson
jenswilkinson@...
Feb 2, 2009 4:36 am
... I don't know if "more difficult" is the right term, but I do know what you mean. There are problems with false friends, for example. And just from French,...
57161
Jens Wilkinson
jenswilkinson@...
Feb 2, 2009 4:42 am
... Actually, the only objective guide we have to guide us is history, and history tells us two interesting things: (1) no artificial language has ever stormed...
57162
MacLeod Dave
mithradates@...
Feb 2, 2009 4:57 am
... Well, try listening to him give a speech when? Are we talking about rounding up people who have never heard of this language before and checking to see how...
57163
steve rice
ansric@...
Feb 2, 2009 5:28 am
... No, actually the difference between you and Dave is that you're talking about passive use--understanding a text or speech--while he's talking about active...
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<deinx nxtxr>
deinx.nxtxr@...
Feb 2, 2009 5:44 am
... Having just spent a couple weeks in Hispanophonia, I of course tried my Spanish as best as I could considering that I haven't had the time to study it as...
57165
<deinx nxtxr>
deinx.nxtxr@...
Feb 2, 2009 6:07 am
... And hardly anyone has ever been motivated to do so. ... English is well on its way. ... No, because English is already established in large populations and...
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<deinx nxtxr>
deinx.nxtxr@...
Feb 2, 2009 6:11 am
... Yes, it's the about the only example we really have of interaction between languages regardless of the similarities. It must be noted though that a lot of...
57167
Dmitri Ivanov
lingwadeplaneta@...
Feb 2, 2009 6:16 am
... language of the ... to know ... I also had similar impressions when visiting Germany. But if you take another EC country, Greece, the situation is very...
57168
MacLeod Dave
mithradates@...
Feb 2, 2009 6:29 am
... What, our tiny list of auxlang aficionados with a primary group of posters numbering about a dozen people? A tiny list primarily in English doesn't mean...
57169
<deinx nxtxr>
deinx.nxtxr@...
Feb 2, 2009 6:31 am
... I actually spent a considerable amount of time in Greece when I went through Europe. English is very common in Athens and tourists areas in the islands. ...
57170
Dmitri Ivanov
lingwadeplaneta@...
Feb 2, 2009 6:42 am
... miniscule. It's ... progresses, newer ... result will ... I'd recommend "eschatological"; at least that's a word I know of :)...
57171
<deinx nxtxr>
deinx.nxtxr@...
Feb 2, 2009 6:42 am
... Okay, do google searches on just about anything and see how many blogs with international membership are in English compared with other languages. This ...
57172
MacLeod Dave
mithradates@...
Feb 2, 2009 6:48 am
... No, it's because a list acquires a certain atmosphere early on and generally retains it throughout its existence. In the same way, there's pretty much zero...
