Re: [ADS-L] ~chooldri n

[RonButters at AOL.COM]

In a message dated 10/18/06 1:02:13 PM, truespel at HOTMAIL.COM writes:


> That way we end up with a phonetic language that's
> easy to learn.
>

Nah, English was a lot easier for me to learn than Spanish, French, or
Russian.

And then there are the Chinese, who have no "phonetic principle" at all, but
they learn Chinese and can readily read each others' writing even though, when
spoken, the dialects are mutually unintelligible.

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