[ SECRET POST #2681 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2681 ⌋

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Comments

Re: CAPLOCKS THREAD

[making_excuses]

I KNOW RIGHT? THAT IS ONE OF THE COOL THINGS ABOUT NORWEGIAN ADDING WORDS TOGETHER OR SEPARATING THEM HAVE DIFFERENT MEANINGS, THO MOST OF THEM ARE JUST WHERE THE IMPORTANCE OF THE SENTENCE IS, BUT WE ALSO HAVE THOSE KINDS OF WORDS THAT I SHOWED YOU RIGHT NOW.

THO THOSE ARE SPECIAL CASES, TOGETHER THEY FORM A WORD, SEPARATELY THEY FORM TWO WORDS THAT CHANGES THE MEANING 100%.

AND PEOPLE SAY ENGLISH IS CONFUSING BECAUSE YOU HAVE SOME WORDS THAT SOUND THE SAME, WE HAVE WORDS THAT ARE WRITTEN AND SOUND THE SAME AND MEAN COMPLETELY OPPOSITE THINGS. AND THAT IS BEFORE YOU START LOOKING AT WORDS THAT SOUND AND LOOK SIMILAR BUT MEAN DIFFERENT THINGS....

LIKE "MOT" WHICH COULD MEAN, COURAGE OR AGAINST DEPENDING ON THE CONTEXT.

OH SORRY, I GOT A BIT CARRIED AWAY!

Re: CAPLOCKS THREAD

[inkdust]

I WAS THINKING THE OTHER DAY ABOUT TRICKY ENGLISH WORDS. LIKE "LITTER" - AT LEAST THREE MEANINGS AS A NOUN AND ARGUABLY TWO AS A VERB. LANGUAGE BE CRAZY.

Re: CAPLOCKS THREAD

[making_excuses]

YEAH, THERE IS AND LANGUAGES ARE TRICKY, WHAT ANNOYS ME IS PEOPLE USUALLY WHO ONLY SPEAK ENGLISH CLAIMING THAT ENGLISH IS THE HARDEST LANGUAGE ON EARTH TO LEARN. WHICH IT ISN'T. I AM TRYING TO THINK OF A SIMILAR NORWEGIAN EXAMPLE, BECAUSE I KNOW WE HAVE THEM, BUT I AM DRAWING A COMPLETE BLANK RIGHT NOW, I REMEMBER "MOT" BECAUSE IT IS THE NAME OF A GROUP THING THAT GOES TO JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLS TEACHING THE KIDS THERE ABOUT HAVING COURAGE TO SAY NO, BUT AS IT ALSO COULD MEAN AGAINST, IT COULD TAKE ON A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT MEANING.

1. THE HARDEST LANGUAGE TO LEARN FOR PEOPLE WITH A NATIVE GERMANIC LANGUAGE IS RUSSIAN, WITH MANDARIN AS A CLOSE SECOND.
2. ENGLISH HAS STOLEN WORDS FROM SO MANY LANGUAGES THAT SOMETHING IS SIMILAR FOR A LOT OF US. 3. THERE ARE PEOPLE WITH A NATIVE LANGUAGE WHERE ENGLISH IS ONE OF THE HARDEST TO LEARN, BUT IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE AMOUNT OF WORDS YOU HAVE IN THE DICTIONARY OR THE FACT THAT THE SAME WORD CAN MEAN DIFFERENT THINGS, IT HAS TO DO WITH A LACK OF FAMILIARITY TO THE RULES OF THE LANGUAGE GROUP.

OH AND ALSO SORRY ABOUT THAT RANT, I KEEP READING STUFF ABOUT IT EVERYWHERE AND EACH AND EVERY TIME I GET ANNOYED, BECAUSE ALL THE EXAMPLES USED TO PROVE IT ARE THINGS THAT WE HAVE IN NORWEGIAN TOO.

Re: CAPLOCKS THREAD

[inkdust]

INTERESTING, I THOUGHT MANDARIN AND ARABIC CAME BEFORE RUSSIAN IN DIFFICULTY FOR NATIVE ENGLISH SPEAKERS. UNFORTUNATE NEWS, AS I AM MUCH MORE INTERESTED IN RUSSIAN.

Re: CAPLOCKS THREAD

[making_excuses]

RUSSIAN IS THE HARDEST LANGUAGE FOR A NORWEGIAN SPEAKER TO LEARN, AT LEAST THAT IS WHAT I WAS TAUGHT IN SCHOOL, AND IT IS BECAUSE THE GERMANIC AND THE I DON'T REMEMBER THE ENGLISH NAME FOR THE LANGUAGE GROUP RUSSIAN BELONGS TO DON'T SHARE ETHNOMYCOLOGY (?*) OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

*I THINK THAT IS THE RIGHT WORD, CAN'T BE ARSED TO LOOK IT UP, TALKING LINGUISTICS IN A SECOND LANGUAGE IS PRETTY DAMN HARD.

Re: CAPLOCKS THREAD

[inkdust]

SLAVIC :) AND ETYMOLOGY, PERHAPS. I CAN BARELY DISCUSS MORE TECHNICAL PARTS OF LINGUISTICS IN ENGLISH, SAD CONSIDERING HOW MUCH I LIKE LANGUAGES!

RANT ACCEPTABLE :) EVEN WITHIN GERMANIC LANGUAGES I DON'T SEE HOW ENGLISH WOULD BE THE HARDEST. WE DON'T EVEN HAVE CASES. (THOUGH I SUPPOSE THAT WOULD BE HARDER FOR SOME, DEPENDING ON THEIR BACKGROUND)

Re: CAPLOCKS THREAD

[making_excuses]

THAT'S THE ONE! MAYBE? DUNNO, AT LEAST DOES NOT SHARE ANYTHING AT ALL FAMILIAR WITH EACH OTHER, SO THERE IS NO OVERLAP IN WHAT YOU KNOW. I'M PROBABLY NOT A LOT BETTER THAN YOU IN NORWEGIAN, BUT THERE ARE SOME WORDS THAT MIGHT SOUND REALLY SIMILAR IN BOTH LANGUAGES, BUT NOT NECESSARILY BE TRANSLATED SIMILARLY.

THE FRENCH AND GERMANS ARE TWO LANGUAGES I WOULD IMAGINE IS HARDER TO LEARN FOR MOST GERMANIC LANGUAGE SPEAKERS, ESPECIALLY THE GRAMMAR. SOMETIMES I STRUGGLE MORE WITH NORWEGIAN GRAMMAR RULES THAN THE ENGLISH ONES, BUT IF THAT IS BECAUSE THE NORWEGIAN IS HARDER OR IT IS JUST A PERSONAL PROBLEM IS NOT FOR ME TO SAY.

Re: CAPLOCKS THREAD

[inkdust]

I CONSIDER FRENCH TO BE ONE OF THE EASIER LANGUAGES FOR ENGLISH SPEAKERS, BUT THAT'S BECAUSE A LOT OF OUR SYNTAX IS IDENTICAL OR NEARLY, AND COGNATES x 1000. AND...THAT COULD ALSO JUST BE ME :) GERMAN IS A DIFFERENT STORY.

Re: CAPLOCKS THREAD

[making_excuses]

SHOULD HAVE BEEN AN OR NOT AN AND THERE, GERMAN IS EASIER TO LEARN* FOR SOME OF US AND FRENCH EASIER FOR OTHER, DEPENDING ON WHICH ONE YOU CAN EASIEST RELATE TO I GUESS OR SOMETHING? I FEEL I FORGOT A LANGUAGE IN THE GERMANIC FAMILY THAT WOULD BE HARD TO LEARN, ICELANDIC MAYBE?

*THE GRAMMAR IS A PAIN, BUT I HAVE FRIENDS WHO NEVER HAD GERMAN IN SCHOOL WHO CAN READ AND UNDERSTAND QUITE A LOT OF GERMAN.