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Jan 18, 2003, 2:34am
[View Quote]"goober king" <gooberking at utn.cjb.net> wrote in message
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> Not quite. Like IHNK pointed out, the only reason English seems so easy
> to learn is because you grew up with it. In fact, English is *the*
> hardest language to learn simply because it's a mish-mash of Latin and
> Germanic languages, among others. Next on the list would be the Oriental
> languages, but those are definitely a distant second in terms of
> structural complexity.
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It was a rough classification. People like challenges.
--Bowen--
Jan 18, 2003, 9:02am
As long as it is weekend and as long as it covers at least
half a day, it should not be a problem for most to visit.
I think we shoud not bring VR stuff down to any national(istic)
discussion. In VR anything goes, why should it not be possible
to make it international?
In Andras' easter egg and christmas present hunt it worked,
avvys and cys didn't fail either. The fireworks of Jo, Nightraven
and Gobman have been very well visited by people from all over
the globe just lately.
This shows that time zones do not really matter too much.
[View Quote]alphabit phalpha wrote:
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> The Cys usually run at 9pm vrt which after doing a Community survey proved
> to be the best for the majority.
> The fact that the AWCC Festival starts on a Saturday might be the problem?
> Because it has to run all day for 2 days to have all the events?
> Maybe next year we can start the grand opening on a Friday night and run the
> entire event until Sunday night?
> Whatcha'll think?:)
> Input greatly appreciated as usual:)
> Hugggs:)
> bit:)
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Jan 18, 2003, 9:06am
Ahh that really was a fun old time...
- Mark
[View Quote]"ihnk" <awihnk5 at yahoo.com> wrote in message
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Oh and it is so widely used because UK laid claim to most of the
> world.
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Jan 18, 2003, 11:58am
English is harder because it has so many inconsistancies. Most cases would
give teh superlative an -est suffix, however there are many exceptions to
that rule such as Good, Better, Best - I think thats a bad example but you
see where i am coming from.
Also plurals, in french i'd guess about 95% of words when pluralized just
had an s added to the end of it. But in English we have - Sheep, Sheep -
Tonality, Tonalities - Mouse, Mice.
To alot of us, these inconsistancies come naturally, but to someone learning
the language - and even to some people who speak Englsih as their first
langugage (as evidence from some users of AW) - it would be hard to grasp.
Jan 18, 2003, 1:13pm
DONT BE DISSIN EBONICS YO ! I BE LIKIN IT KNOW WHAT I'M SAYIN ! ;O) hehe
[View Quote]"bowen" <thisguyrules at 7k2.4mg.com.ANTISPAM> wrote in message news:3e28c2a2 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
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> "ihnk" <awihnk5 at yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:3e28bf29$1 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
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> Regardless of it's many words it's one of the easiest languages to learn. That
> should be true since 25% + of the world speaks it (approx). That's a lot of
> people...
>
> I see nothing wrong with English being the universal language. As long as it's not
> Ebonics...
>
> --Bowen--
>
>
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Jan 18, 2003, 1:15pm
because the point is to get the most turnout. i think its better to get 50
english speaking people then 5 people who cant
[View Quote]"ananas" <vha at oct31.de> wrote in message news:3E2933BA.A2F93214 at oct31.de...
> As long as it is weekend and as long as it covers at least
> half a day, it should not be a problem for most to visit.
> I think we shoud not bring VR stuff down to any national(istic)
> discussion. In VR anything goes, why should it not be possible
> to make it international?
>
> In Andras' easter egg and christmas present hunt it worked,
> avvys and cys didn't fail either. The fireworks of Jo, Nightraven
> and Gobman have been very well visited by people from all over
> the globe just lately.
>
> This shows that time zones do not really matter too much.
>
>
> alphabit phalpha wrote:
proved
problem?
the
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Jan 18, 2003, 1:35pm
Would be a point for choosing a "good" time for people using CET +/- 2 *g
[View Quote]ihnk wrote:
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> because the point is to get the most turnout. i think its better to get 50
> english speaking people then 5 people who cant
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Jan 30, 2003, 9:10am
I find the same problem, Spanish is easy until you start getting into
past tense, future tense, and there seem to be a bit more irregular words in
spanish than their are in English O.O
[View Quote]"technozeus" <TechnoZeus at techie.com> wrote in message
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> Actually, saying that English is "the" hardest language to learn isn't
entirely accurate. First off, how hard or easy a language is to learn is
very subjective. Second off, although English is probably one of the
hardest languages to master it also tends to be an easy language to learn
rudimentary usage of. Also, if you ask people who have learned both French
and English you'll probably find that most of them think French is harder to
learn regardless of which one they learned first, and yet French is a
beautiful expressive language. Spanish is quite simple to get started in,
but like English it is difficult to master... but for entirely different
reasons.
>
> If you want to learn as Easy language, look into Esperanto. You'll find
that Esperanto has it's share of complications also such as using letters
that aren't on most keyboards and having the ability to frequently find
alternative meanings in words with larger root words by breaking the root
into a smallet root and one or more affixes, but those alternative meanings
are almost always either so obscure they will probably never be used, or so
far from the first meaning as to make confusion in context nearly
impossible. The Esperanto language is written and spoken in almost every
country on Earth and is capable of expressing the same subtle differences in
meaning that can be achieved in almost any human language. In comparison,
most human languages are very poor at representing the exact meanings that
can be expressed in most other human languages. Esperanto phonetics are
simple and consistant, and the only spelling ambiguite is that the sound of
the letter "c" in Esperanto can also be spelled "ts" which is not all that
bad when you compare with how many sounds can be spelled several different
ways in most languages.
>
> Anyway, I agree with the aparent intended concept... English isn't
inherently easy. It's just widespread right now. Not as wide spread as
Esperanto. Not spoken by as many people as Mandarin Chinese. Not written
by anywhere near as many people as standardized Chinese. Not really special
at all except to those who use it and pretty much the same can probably be
said for any human language whether spoken, written, signed, or otherwise.
>
> TechnoZeus
>
> "goober king" <gooberking at utn.cjb.net> wrote in message
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easy.
it its
the
alot
if we were to
half way point.
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>
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Jan 30, 2003, 9:15am
Well yeah, I do think so.. the only words in English that really are
confusing are two, to, too, there, their, weather,whether,vane,vain, weather
to use who or whom in a sentence, and not too many more. In spanish there's
like a page of irregular verbs heh
[View Quote]"sk8man1" <someone at someone.net> wrote in message
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> I find the same problem, Spanish is easy until you start getting into
> past tense, future tense, and there seem to be a bit more irregular words
in
> spanish than their are in English O.O
>
> "technozeus" <TechnoZeus at techie.com> wrote in message
> news:3e38edff at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> entirely accurate. First off, how hard or easy a language is to learn is
> very subjective. Second off, although English is probably one of the
> hardest languages to master it also tends to be an easy language to learn
> rudimentary usage of. Also, if you ask people who have learned both
French
> and English you'll probably find that most of them think French is harder
to
> learn regardless of which one they learned first, and yet French is a
> beautiful expressive language. Spanish is quite simple to get started in,
> but like English it is difficult to master... but for entirely different
> reasons.
> that Esperanto has it's share of complications also such as using letters
> that aren't on most keyboards and having the ability to frequently find
> alternative meanings in words with larger root words by breaking the root
> into a smallet root and one or more affixes, but those alternative
meanings
> are almost always either so obscure they will probably never be used, or
so
> far from the first meaning as to make confusion in context nearly
> impossible. The Esperanto language is written and spoken in almost every
> country on Earth and is capable of expressing the same subtle differences
in
> meaning that can be achieved in almost any human language. In comparison,
> most human languages are very poor at representing the exact meanings that
> can be expressed in most other human languages. Esperanto phonetics are
> simple and consistant, and the only spelling ambiguite is that the sound
of
> the letter "c" in Esperanto can also be spelled "ts" which is not all that
> bad when you compare with how many sounds can be spelled several different
> ways in most languages.
> inherently easy. It's just widespread right now. Not as wide spread as
> Esperanto. Not spoken by as many people as Mandarin Chinese. Not written
> by anywhere near as many people as standardized Chinese. Not really
special
> at all except to those who use it and pretty much the same can probably be
> said for any human language whether spoken, written, signed, or otherwise.
> news:3E28D180.7070305 at utn.cjb.net...
easy
Oriental
is
> easy.
> it its
> the
influences
> alot
hawaii)
hard
> if we were to
> half way point.
>
>
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Jan 30, 2003, 9:17am
But then again, I guess can't truly compare English to any other
Language, because my guess is learning any other language would be hard..
This is my last post for this thread heheh (unless someone makes a comment
or something)
<snip>
Jan 31, 2003, 3:10pm
"weather
to use who or whom in a sentence"
The irony.
Jan 31, 2003, 8:14pm
Even the people that speak English fluently can't speak it right. What
can I tell ya ;P
-Sk8man1 (346035)
[View Quote]"stecloud" <stecloud at fsmail.net> wrote in message
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> "weather
> to use who or whom in a sentence"
>
> The irony.
>
>
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Feb 1, 2003, 3:43am
Hey, I make that "weather/whether" mistake a lot, and I'm very fluent in English. Hehehe.
TechnoZeus
[View Quote]"sk8man1" <someone at someone.net> wrote in message news:3e3af546$1 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> Even the people that speak English fluently can't speak it right. What
> can I tell ya ;P
>
> -Sk8man1 (346035)
>
> "stecloud" <stecloud at fsmail.net> wrote in message
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